Kosta Browne Rosella's Vineyard Pinot Noir, Santa Lucia Highlands, USA

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Medium ruby, the 2019 Pinot Noir Rosella's Vineyard is scented of cranberry, pomegranate, licorice and autumn leaves, with an undercurrent of bitters-like spices. The light-bodied palate is fresh and detailed with pure, spicy layers on the long finish.

Aged 19 months in 41% new French oak, the 2017 Pinot Noir Rosella's Vineyard is medium ruby in the glass and youthfully shy on the nose, slowly offering rose petal, crushed stone, fresh cranberries and Bing cherries. It's light to medium-bodied, perfumed and elegant with a gentle, grainy frame and fantastic juicy freshness to lift the finish. This feels youthfully closed or like I got it on an off day, so my score may look conservative later. 475 cases produced.

The 2016 Pinot Noir Rosella's Vineyard was aged for 16 months in 55% new French oak. It has a medium ruby color and scents of fresh cranberries, pomegranate, Earl Grey tea leaves and loads of floral perfume with notions of potpourri, dried tobacco leaf and scorched earth. Medium-bodied and silky, it's lifted, bright and elegantly styled with appealing, perfumed red fruits and a soft frame, finishing long and super juicy. 700 cases produced.

Delivering what I consider a classic expression of this site, the 2014 Pinot Noir Rosella's Vineyard offers terrific notes of framboise, leafy, sappy herbs, crushed flowers and black currants. Elegant, medium to full-bodied and lively on the palate, with the freshness of the site, yet still packing plenty of fruit, it has the balance and tannin to drink well for a decade or more.

A classic representation of this first rate site, the 2013 Pinot Noir Rosella's Vineyard offers a pretty, perfumed style in its black raspberry, rose petal, violets and floral bouquet. Tight, reserved and slightly backwards, it has beautiful purity of fruit and ample tannin, which is a defining character in the vintage. It's another effort from this team that needs short term cellaring.