From these humble beginnings in 1997, Dan Kosta launched a winery that would change Pinot Noir in America forever. Kosta Browne created a bold, unapologetic expression of the grape, which rapidly led to a years-long waiting list. Today, the winery enjoys an insanely devoted following, with their wines routinely selling for $100 and up.

But by 2013, Dan Kosta wanted a new challenge. He found it by starting a Pinot project called AldenAlli.

Kosta recruited Shane Finley, who helmed Kosta Browne during their white-hot streak of vintages from 20062012 and crafted the 2009 Kosta Browne Pinot that took home Wine Spectators Wine of the Year honors in 2011. By tapping top vineyard sites for AldenAlli, he and Kosta capture Sonoma Countys magic.

In the absolutely flawless 2018 vintage, Finley NAILED AldenAllis Campbell Ranch Pinot, and we locked down this supple, red-fruited beauty in what is likely a one-and-done deal. This majestic, complex, and elegant bottling hit the shelves at $72, and today, weve got it for 51% offa flabbergasting discount that means it wont be here for long.

Dan Kosta hatched Kosta Browne when he and Michael Browne were working at the Sonoma County restaurant John Ash & Co. Neither had experience making wine, but they had the itch. They started by putting $10 each in an envelope on nights they worked together, and in a few months they had a thousand dollars. After one of the restaurants chefs ponied up $400 more, they set off. It was the ultimate bootstrap success story, and it changed the course of American Pinot.

Finley earned his stripes not only at Kosta Browne, but also at Copain in the Russian River Valley, Torbreck in Australias Barossa Valley, and Domaine Pierre Gaillard in the Northern Rhnean all-star lineup. 2018, his 18th vintage making wine, was a phenomenal year in Sonoma County: Wine Spectator said, Nearly perfect conditions resulted in fruit-driven and very expressive Pinots, and this AldenAlli bottling delivers all of the beautiful red fruit and herbal tea-leaf aromatics of the foggy Sonoma Coast in that vintage.

This wonderfully vibrant and luscious Pinot Noir wont be here for long. Do not miss it!