Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast 2009
95 points / $525,818 cases made
Sonoma County, California
Central to the story of Pinot Noir’s steady rise in California has been the improbable ascent of a small Sonoma winery, started more than a decade ago by two waiters who pooled their tips so they could make wine.
With no formal winemaking training, Dan Kosta and Michael Browne stumbled along a path of trial and error. Their first Pinots weren’t inspiring, but since 2002, they’ve made 66 wines that have earned 90 points or higher though they don’t own a single vine and make wine in a rented warehouse. In 2009, the greatest vintage yet for California Pinot, the team which now has the financial backing of Vincraft made 11 outstanding Pinots, including our Wine of the Year for 2011.
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