Kosta Browne Gap's Crown Vineyard Pinot Noir 2010

96 points Connoisseurs Guide
This compelling wine earns top honors among this year's outstanding collection of Kosta Browne Pinot Noirs by dint of the extra complexity and layering that accompanies its precise, wonderfully pure varietal fruit. Its starts out with lovely aromas of ripe cherries, toast and sweet smoke, and its rich but ever-buoyant flavors deepen and gain in richness en route to a amazingly long finish. As supple and inviting as it may be at the moment, the wine is so keenly composed and well-structured that it should continue to evolve and reveal even more a half-dozen years hence. (10/2012)