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2017 Kosta Browne Rosella's Vineyard Pinot Noir

Removed from a professional wine storage facility

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RATINGS

96Wine Enthusiast

Lush aromas of poached strawberry and cherry liqueur make for a hedonistic opening to the nose...palate lands beautifully, offering ripe strawberry, pomegranate and candied cherry flavors, yet it sports a relatively light, acid-washed frame that allows accents of mace, star anise and cardamom to shine through.

94James Suckling

The nose is very perfumed and fragrant with a fresh core of red cherries. The palate delivers detailed and defined tannins that hold focused and fresh. Long, smooth finish. Ripe tannins...

94+ Jeb Dunnuck

…complex notes of candied cherries, orange blossom, raspberries, and exotic spices...medium-bodied...it offers integrated acidity as well as a fresh, focused texture and shows the more racy, lively style of the vineyard beautifully.

93Wine Spectator

Intense flavors of dried blackberry and dark currant are backed by firm acidity and tannins... Forest floor notes join hints of black licorice and baker's chocolate on the finish.

92The Wine Advocate

...offering rose petal, crushed stone, fresh cranberries and Bing cherries...light to medium-bodied, perfumed and elegant with a gentle, grainy frame and fantastic juicy freshness to lift the finish.

REGION

United States, California, Central Coast, Santa Lucia Highlands

Santa Lucia Highlands AVA is a 12-mile long, narrow strip of an appellation wedged along the eastern hillsides of the Santa Lucia mountain range. Given its proximity to Big Sur and the Gabilan Mountain Range to the northeast, Santa Lucia a cool-climate wine growing district. Morning sun is often followed by maritime winds and fog in the afternoon, a weather pattern that prolongs the growing season and means long, gentle ripening of the grapes. Spanish missionaries planted vineyards in the district in the 18th century, but it wasn’t until the 1970s that modern winemakers planted vineyards and began making high quality wine. The district received AVA status in 1991 and today there are 6,000 vineyard acres in the Santa Lucia Highlands. Pinot Noir is the dominant grape planted, followed by Chardonnay and Riesling.

TYPE

Red Wine, Pinot Noir

This red wine is relatively light and can pair with a wide variety of foods. The grape prefers cooler climates and the wine is most often associated with Burgundy, Champagne and the U.S. west coast. Regional differences make it nearly as fickle as it is flexible.