B. Kosuge Carneros Pinot Noir El Galpon 2023 070226CHILL who represented the fourth generation

who represented the fourth generation behind the creation of the AOC Pays d'Auge

a serious sparkling wine from a grape nobody was supposed to take seriously

drawing from old-vine parcels in the southern Rhône: 40-year-old Bourboulenc

personal project well worth paying attention to

B. Kosuge Carneros Pinot Noir El Galpon 2023 070226CHILL who represented the fourth generationEl Galpon is a small Carneros vineyard adjacent to the equipment shop of the vineyard management crew Byron Kosuge has worked with for decades. The name is Argentinian Spanish for "the shed," and the wine reflects that informalityit's 100% Pinot Noir, aged with a portion in concrete rather than barrel. The result is darker fruited and more textural than Byron's straight Carneros Pinot, with a peppery, almost spicy lift from the concrete. A genuinely