Guilty Pleasures

Yes, it's a bit too soon to drink this 2010 Kosta Browne Sonoma Coast, but we enjoyed taking its measure paired with Chicken Dijon and black bean salad.
Red raspberry fruit and spices with the quintessential Kosta Browne satin texture that makes this wine so alluring.
(Although this wine does lack earthy, forest floor characteristics that I enjoy in pinot noir ... perhaps why I dropped off the mailing list...)
Often the Sonoma Coast bottling can be preferred to the single vineyard wines. I have never been able to hang onto these wines long enough to gain insight on their aging traits. A friend has a bottle of 2007 Kosta Browne Kanzler Vineyard that I hope to try one day...

Postscript: Revisited the 2010 Kosta Browne over the Christmas holiday ... this one showed better than in September. Dark raspberry fruit, sandalwood and spice. Nicely developing notes of sous bois and attractive floral nose. Still a bit massive and in its infancy. Peak drinking window likely in another 4 to 5 years .... Paired with salame al tartufo, cashews, goat cheese al tartufo and a mild Danish sheep's milk cheese...