Tasted 18 August 2015
Central Coast · Santa Lucia Highlands
Black cherry, ripe raspberry, KB cola, vanillin cassis, and subtle wood smoke. Improved with an hour in the decanter. The best of the appellation 2012 KB Pinots at the moment.
Previous notes apply, though this greatly suffered from a temperature issue, where its focus and frame became a bit flattened out as it reached room temperature. The flavors were all still there, but…
Previous notes from last year apply. Quite flavorful, with saturated red raspberry, red and black cherry, spice, cedar/earth, and a nice evergreen note. A little simplistic on the front end of the…
Red raspberry, bing cherry, cola, earth, Christmas spices, and hints of wet cedar and pine needles. A very balanced and "good" Pinot, but at times flat and unremarkable. Everything was in perfect…