B. Kosuge Carneros Pinot Noir 2023 core-no-restrictions founder of the Loire's riotous

founder of the Loire's riotous La Dive Bouteille festival

then basket-pressed to foudre and neutral French oak

The magnum format slows the aging curve and rewards patience

adding apple-like aromatics

The grapes get five days on the skins

B. Kosuge Carneros Pinot Noir 2023 core-no-restrictions founder of the Loire's riotousByron Kosuge knows Carneros as well as anyone alivehe spent fifteen years making the Pinots at Saintsbury before going out on his own in 2004. This bottling blends his Carneros vineyard sources into a wine that captures the foggy, wind cooled character of the region: red fruited, savory, light on its feet. Restrained oak, early picking, and patient barrel time are Byron's signatures, and they're all here. A Carneros Pinot without bombast or showiness,