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Artisan Wine · Sonoma Coast · 24-Hour Sale
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24 Hours · $45 Off Kosta Browne
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Kosta Browne · Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2023
| WS #1 Wine Of The Year |
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95 Points |
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Mostly Gap's Crown |
Lowest Price in the USA! 24-Hours Only
Return of the WS #1 Wine of the World.
Ninety-five points, from one of the most fought-over Pinot sites in California, at forty-five dollars under the winery's own price. Twenty-four hours.
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The most modest label Kosta Browne prints. Behind it, mostly Gap’s Crown.
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What This Wine Costs, Everywhere Else
| $125.00 |
Winery price |
| $112.00 |
Online average |
| $79.99 |
Our 24-hour sale
$45.01 under the winery
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We have never seen this wine offered lower anywhere in the country, and we do not expect to see it again.
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Stock Arrives Thursday, August 6 · Reserve Yours Now At The Sale Price
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A Personal Note
Dear Artisans,
Kosta Browne is the rare California name that earns the word cult honestly. The mailing list is the way most people get it — and most people wait. When bottles do reach a shelf they tend not to sit there.
What makes this particular bottle interesting is where the fruit comes from. It carries an appellation label, "Sonoma Coast," which is the most modest thing Kosta Browne puts on a bottle. Read the vineyard list and you find Gap's Crown at the top of it, followed by Marshall, Pratt-Sexton, Crane Canyon, Thorn Ridge and Pepperwood.
Gap's Crown is one of the most contested pieces of Pinot Noir ground in the state. Owen Bargreen, who scored this wine 95 points, opens his note by saying it comes mainly from Gap's Crown and Marshall. That is single-vineyard fruit sold under a regional label.
The wine in the bottle knows. The label just doesn't say so.
There is precedent for taking this label seriously. In 2011, Wine Spectator named its Wine of the Year, and out of every bottle produced anywhere on earth that year it chose the Kosta Browne Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir. Not a single-vineyard cuvée. Not a reserve. This same appellation bottling, from the 2009 vintage. It remains one of the very few American Pinot Noirs ever to take the top slot.
Six critics have it between 92 and 95 points. The winery asks $125 and the internet settles around $112. For the next twenty-four hours we are asking $79.99 — which is not a discount so much as a different category of number. It goes back up tomorrow.
"If you have been waiting on a Kosta Browne list for years, this is the shortcut. Same cellar, same hands, most of the same fruit."
James Tran · Artisan Wine & Spirits
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Eleven Clones · 8% Whole Cluster · 16 Months In Oak · 14.2% Alcohol
Fermented mostly in stainless with some oak and concrete, aged sixteen months in 40% new French oak with a portion in foudre, then rested a final month in tank before bottling. The result is energetic acidity under cascading layers of black cherry and elderberry — and the velvety texture Kosta Browne is known for. Goldridge loam, eleven clones, and a drink window that runs past 2040.
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95
Bargreen
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94
Dunnuck
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94
Enthusiast
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93
Vinous
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92
Spectator
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92
Advocate
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All Six Reviews · Word For Word
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Owen Bargreen
95 Points
"Powerful and heady, with serious texture, the 2023 Kosta Browne 'Sonoma Coast' Pinot Noir comes from mainly the Gap's Crown and Marshall Vineyards. It is loaded with sea salt dusted red fruits that mingle well with tobacco and orange peel notes. Showing outstanding weight and length, enjoy now and over the next fifteen years. Drink 2026-2041."
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Jeb Dunnuck
94 Points
"A youthful medium red hue, the 2023 Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast reveals nutmeg, pomegranate, wildflowers, blue fruit, and brambly earth. Slightly lush in texture, with excellent length and balanced tannins, drink it over the coming 12-15 years."
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Wine Enthusiast
94 Points
"The nose of this Pinot jumps with aromas of concentrated Bing cherry, plum and dark cocoa, while the palate displays generous tannin balanced by zippy acidity and flavors of berry coulis, sandalwood and shiitake. Rest this in the cellar for 5-10 years and drink with roasted pork and mushrooms."
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Vinous
93 Points
"Open-knit, plush and very nicely built. A surprising amount of graphite minerality opens first, lending complexity to the concentrated yet weightless dark berry fruit and subtle tea-like tannins. Finessed, polished and expressive, the 2023 boasts the hallmark Kosta Browne supple, velvety texture. All the elements come together effortlessly."
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Wine Spectator
92 Points
"Gentle and caressing feel, this offers warmed raspberry and black cherry compote notes, along with hints of anise and black tea. The finish shows a lightly toasted edge."
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Robert Parker's Wine Advocate
92 Points
"It has slowly opening scents of wild berry fruit, tobacco, black tea, violet and bitters. The full-bodied palate features expressive, layered flavors. It's framed by silky tannins and vibrant acidity and has a long, spicy finish." 2025-2035
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What Is Actually In The Bottle
Gap's Crown · Marshall · Pratt-Sexton
Crane Canyon · Thorn Ridge · Pepperwood
Six sites across the northern true coastal zone and the southern edge of the appellation, led by the vineyard that half of Sonoma has spent twenty years trying to buy fruit from. On any other label those names would each carry their own bottling and their own price.
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Why This One Is Worth Moving On
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The gap is $45.01, not four dollars. The winery lists it at $125. The online average sits near $112. Ours is $79.99 for twenty-four hours, and we have not found it lower anywhere. |
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Six critics, none below 92 — and every review is printed below in full. Bargreen at 95, Dunnuck and Wine Enthusiast at 94, Vinous 93, Wine Spectator and Wine Advocate at 92. A narrow band and a high floor. |
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It is not a wine to drink up. Bargreen and Dunnuck both give it fifteen years. Buy two, open one this autumn with duck, and forget the other until 2035. |
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Kosta Browne does not usually get discounted. It is an allocation wine with a list behind it. Bottles that reach retail move at retail, which is exactly why this price is unusual enough to be worth an email. |
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The Bottom Line
Cult Pinot at a price
that will not repeat.
Ninety-five points. Mostly Gap's Crown and Marshall. Six critics between 92 and 95, a fifteen-year window, and the velvety texture that made this house famous — from the label Wine Spectator once crowned the best wine in the world. The winery asks $125 and the internet asks $112. We are asking $79.99 until tomorrow.
Cheers,
— James Tran
Artisan Wine & Spirits · Mountain View, CA
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24-hour sale · stock arrives Thursday, August 6 · call 650-917-8080 or chat with us
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