TN: 2006 Kosta Browne Sonoma Coast Pinot

Jeff_Pf0h1 · April 7, 2009, 1:16am

Popped and poured last night, drank out of Riedel Sommelier burgundy glasses.

A nose of cinnamon, cherry and vanilla, with some milk chocolate and allspice. This wine has a medium body, cherry, and light vanilla with a hint of oak, light smoke, cinnamon and milk chocolate.
Score: B+/A-

Way to young no doubt but with enough going on that it should be a very nice bottle of wine in several years.

Brandon_Miller · April 10, 2009, 1:35am

Love seeing the KB notes sans heat. Waiting for mine to cool down for another 24 months.

Cris_Whetstone · April 10, 2009, 2:00am

This was one of the hottest wines I’ve ever had…no exaggeration. Alcohol doesn’t ‘integrate’.

Brandon_Miller · April 10, 2009, 2:08am

I know but I let them age and then I run them through the reverse osmosis machine.

Cris_Whetstone · April 10, 2009, 2:19am

Hilarious. Please report back on that experiment.

William_Segui · April 10, 2009, 2:41am

I enjoyed the 05’s. The 06’s were not to my tastes. I would like to try the 07’s, but I wasn’t a buyer.

Jeff_Pf0h1 · April 10, 2009, 4:12am

Of the 4 people drinking it, all experienced tasters, the word alcohol never was mentioned.

Glassware?

Cris_Whetstone · April 10, 2009, 4:18am

How would glassware make a wine go from sans heat to scorching?

Jeff_Pf0h1 · April 10, 2009, 5:12am

Shape and size. There is a reason the Riedel VSOP cognac and the Riedel scotch glass flare out at the top. I imagine if I put them in a Ridel Vinum Syrah my eyes would burn from the alcohol.

A Riedel Sommelier Burgundy glass flares out, a Riedel Vinum Pinot glass does not. Can the flaring at the top dissipate some of the alcoholic hit? Or at least our impression of it? I’m guessing so.

As I don’t own any Riedel Vinum Pinot glasses I cannot compare/contrast to be certain.

ToddFrench · April 10, 2009, 5:29am

I’m also amazed. I recall the RRV '06 being far less hot than the SC, which, to me, was almost as much alcohol as mouthwash. I also remember enjoying some of the single vineyard '06’s, though, as they seemed quite well balanced.

Jeff_Pf0h1 · April 10, 2009, 7:30am

Guess we got lucky then.

Bud_Carey · April 10, 2009, 1:10pm

My circumstances exactly!!!

Gordon_Fitz · April 10, 2009, 2:34pm

Had this wine a couple weeks ago. Probably agree with the TN. Here are a few additions from the TN posted:

cherry, vanilla (oak), light oak, milk chocolate (toasted oak), light smoke (toasted oak).

So to two most dominant flavors were cherry and oak, probably from a charred oak barrel. I also agreed that the wine was hot.

I didn’t believe this wine would improve with aging. It is what it is. I gave it a 86-87.