B. Kosuge Carneros Gamay Noir 2023 NO20230705 this is where the terroir

this is where the terroir argument gets made without the brandy

The 2023 is precise and lifted with citrus

The nose opens with citrus and stone fruits—peach and quince—enhanced by mineral flinty notes

Pale salmon

B. Kosuge Carneros Gamay Noir 2023 NO20230705 this is where the terroirByron Kosuge spent fifteen years making Pinot at Saintsbury before launching his own label in Carneros, and this Gamay is one of his most personal projects. When he went looking for California Gamay in 2013 and couldn't find any, he grafted Gamay onto Pinot vines at The Shop, a small Carneros site near Napa. The wine is fermented with whole clusters and aged in older oak, giving it that crunchy, peppery, kinda Beaujolais character with a distinctly