B. Kosuge Carneros Pinot Noir El Galpon 2023 Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine 000 feet up

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sweet herbal from the Karwinskii agave

with a medium body and refreshing minerality

and elegant real Brunello from vines planted across two prime parcels

Clos des Bouquinardieres is a parcel in Gorges planted in the early 1990s

B. Kosuge Carneros Pinot Noir El Galpon 2023 Lettie Teague WSJ On Wine 000 feet upEl 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