PnP with black cherry, red and black raspberry, currant, black tea, allspice, and some mulch. A bit reserved and monolithic at first, but smooth and silky, with a mouthfeel that always lets me know…
Similar to my previous notes. PnP with high toned cranberry, pomegranate, strawberry, clove, and faint earth. 2+ hours in the decanter helped deepen the flavors, but it was still pretty tight. Acid…
Similar flavor profile as my previous notes, but even less verve than before. This is like a long, drawn out break up... Is it me or is it you?! I have this hopeless thought that someone from KB will…
Much more elevated and complex compared to tasting this a year ago. After about two hours in the decanter, this was pumping out very enthralling flavors of red and purple berry fruit, deep black…
Same as 1/16/2016 except it doesn't appear to be necessarily improving. 91-92 points. The depth wasn't there this time as much for me. One bottle left. Something to drink in the near future or hold?…
Same as my previous notes on this wine. Performing great, especially for a 2011. Very nice earth and spice notes to compliment the dark black raspberry, cherry, and tea notes.
Similar to when I had this wine 9 months ago. The tightness and clenched grip had sibsided significantly, leaving a nice medium-bodied Pinot with a worthy array of flavors.
Motivated by AGEVERETT's most recent note on this wine (and in the name of science of course), I decided to pop the cork on one of these guys; I had not tried this since 11/15/2015. Thankfully, this…
PnP with notes of tart cranberry and raspberry, black cherry, cola, black tea, earth, and some menthol. Into the decanter it went for over an hour (and consumed over another hour+).
Coming along very nicely since my CT tasting note on 11/11/2015. Allowed to decant for about two hours at 54 degrees. Rich black raspberry, black cherry, hard candy (a little like "red hots" only not…
PnP with notes of tart raspberry, strawberry, alcohol, and some wood and citrus. Allowed to breathe in a wide-bottomed decanter for over an hour at 54 degrees.
An absolutely phenomenal showing this go-around. Similar to my previous CT notes on this wine, with specific flavors of sweet black cherry and dark berry fruits, ripe plum, black raspberry, vanilla…
My absolute favorite of the 2013 Bevan Pinots at this stage. Strikingly similar to the 2012 2114, except that the 2013 exhibited an even greater spectrum in depth of flavor. Specific notes for the…
Same as my CT notes from last month. I did not decant, as it did not need it at all. Ready to drink on a PnP just fine. My last bottle of the 2009 Gap's. One of the better bottles of KB that I've had…
Same as my prior notes. My last bottle. Nothing that I'll miss. It was served alongside a 2012 Kosta Browne Sonoma Coast Pinot. Both wines were just "Meh." Boring and forgettable.
Same as my specific CT notes from 12/9/2015. A good Pinot; not an amazing Pinot. A little more high-pitched red fruit notes this time around. I will try to give my other bottles another year to see…
Overly sweet, completely overworked, and over-processed, with little varietal characteristics to speak of. Vanilla, oak, chocolate. Like IHOP blackberry syrup.
This bottle was a lesser showing than the one I had earlier in 2015. On initial PnP it was a little thin and flat, with notes of light strawberry cream, pomegranate, red and black cherry, and a…
PnP into the glass with little time for air. Extremely youthful notes of black cherry, pomegranate seed, rose petal, heather, rosemary, and the faintest of orange peel (not as strong as, for example,…
Smooth and simple. Tasted "fine," carrying lighter notes of red berry and vanilla. However, very little complexity to speak of; held no interest for me in the end.
Same as my CT note in September 2015. Saturated berry, cola, rhubarb, and baking spice flavors. Texturally perfect; lower acid and almost indistinguishable tannins. A little alcohol and some…
