97pt Kosta Browne Gap's Crown is #7 Top 100 "Show-Stopping Pinot Noir"
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• 18 Bottles Arrive Tuesday · Lowest Price In The Country
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A Personal Note
Dear Artisans,
Wine Enthusiast has just named the 2023 Kosta Browne Gap’s Crown Vineyard Pinot Noir #7 on its Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2026, with 97 points. Owen Bargreen gave it 96 and said it best: “A show-stopping new Pinot Noir.”
Our allocation is 18 bottles, arriving Tuesday, November 3rd. At $149.99 we are the lowest price in the country; everywhere else it is $170. Eighteen bottles of a Top 100 Pinot at that price will sell out, so reserve yours today and we will hold it for you the day it lands.
A Mountainside That Takes Its Time
Gap’s Crown sits in the Petaluma Gap, a cool corner of the Sonoma Coast where, in the winery’s words, “the fog rolls in, the wind keeps moving, and ripening happens slowly.” The vineyard is 114 acres on a slope that climbs 900 feet over rocky Goulding soils, and 37 of those acres are dedicated to Kosta Browne, which has worked with the site since 2006.
The 2023 comes from five clones, including the prized Swan, fermented in concrete and wood and aged 16 months in French oak. Winemaker Julien Howsepian: “What sets Gap’s Crown Vineyard Pinot Noir apart is the concentration, texture and weight. It has a profound impact on people when they taste it.”
The Vineyard Behind A Wine Of The Year
Dan Kosta and Michael Browne were waiters who pooled their tips to start making wine in 1997. Their 2009 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir became Wine Spectator’s Wine of the Year in 2011, and Gap’s Crown was one of its three vineyards. Fifteen years later, the same hillside has put Kosta Browne on a year-end Top 100 again.
Six Critics, 93+ To 97
Wine Enthusiast’s Tom R. Capo calls it “one of Sonoma’s most prized parcels” and adds, “Delicious now, this will age seamlessly for a decade or more.” Owen Bargreen and Wine Review Online gave it 96, Jeb Dunnuck 95 and Wine Advocate 94, and Antonio Galloni of Vinous found “a very nicely restrained wine from this site that has a tendency to lean exuberant.”
The Last 12 Bottles Of The Sonoma Coast
Kosta Browne’s 2023 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir draws on the same hillside: Owen Bargreen notes it “comes from mainly the Gap’s Crown and Marshall Vineyards,” and gave it 95, with 94s from Jeb Dunnuck and Wine Enthusiast. We have the last 12 bottles at $79.99, the lowest price in the country; everywhere else it runs $90 to $115.
James Tran
Artisan Wine & Spirits
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Why This Matters
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The Two Wines At A Glance
Every score, every price. Full reviews on each card below.
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Wine #1 · 18 Bottles · Arrives Tuesday
2023 Gap’s Crown Pinot Noir. #7 Of 2026.
Wine Enthusiast 97 and #7 on its Top 100 Cellar Selections. Owen Bargreen: “a show-stopping new Pinot Noir.”
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Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Gap’s Crown Vineyard 2023
Petaluma Gap · Sonoma Coast · 750 mL
Six critics, from 93+ to 97. Every review:
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Wine #2 · The Last 12 Bottles
2023 Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir. Gap’s Crown Inside.
Owen Bargreen 95, Jeb Dunnuck and Wine Enthusiast 94. The last 12 bottles, at the lowest price in the country.
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Kosta Browne Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast 2023
Gap’s Crown, Marshall & More · Sonoma Coast · 750 mL
Six critics, from 92 to 95. Every review:
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The Bottom Line
Show-stopping Pinot Noir. #7 of 2026, at the lowest price in the country.
The 2023 Kosta Browne Gap’s Crown just ranked #7 on Wine Enthusiast’s Top 100 Cellar Selections of 2026, with 97 points. Our 18 bottles arrive Tuesday at $149.99, against $170 everywhere else.
Reserve yours now, and add one of the last 12 bottles of the Sonoma Coast 2023 while they last. Eighteen bottles of a Top 100 Pinot will not last long.
Cheers,
— James Tran
Artisan Wine & Spirits
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