B. Kosuge Carneros Pinot Noir El Galpon 2023 070226CHILL and it finds an unlikely

and it finds an unlikely home in the warm volcanic soils of the Rattlesnake Hills AVA in the Yakima Valley

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B. Kosuge Carneros Pinot Noir El Galpon 2023 070226CHILL and it finds an unlikelyEl 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