B. Kosuge Carneros Pinot Noir El Galpon 2023 Wine Seminar Raspberries

Raspberries

leaving the fruit and the cracked-pepper aromatics in the foreground

since 1683 - ten generations now

Comte de Vogüé has mastered the art of capturing the wine's signature silken texture and floral refinement

This dry Riesling from the historic Bischofsberg vineyard features hand-picked grapes spontaneously fermented and aged on lees with minimal intervention—no fining agents or significant sulfur

B. Kosuge Carneros Pinot Noir El Galpon 2023 Wine Seminar RaspberriesEl 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