B. Kosuge Carneros Gamay Noir 2023 NO20230705 lemony white with powerful candied

lemony white with powerful candied lemon and pebble notes

this is where the terroir argument gets made without the brandy

and a crisp mineral backbone

The 2023 is precise and lifted with citrus

B. Kosuge Carneros Gamay Noir 2023 NO20230705 lemony white with powerful candiedByron 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