The Wines of This Week's Tasting:
Byron Kosuge
July 30, 2025
White
2022 Chardonnay Sonoma Coast; Aroma: Heady, rich, and intense with herbal notes; Mouth: Clean, sweet forward, intense, dry, minerally, firm, lean acidity, good length; Very Good - Excellent $43; Prearrival Case, $35
Rose
2024 Pinot Noir Rose; Color: very light, clean, fresh; Aroma: fresh, rounded, a touch of melon; Mouth: clean, bright, nice lemony acidity, clean finish, long; Very Good Plus $23.99; Case, $19.99, one case only
Red
2023 Pinot Noir;Carneros; Color: Very dark, Aroma: heady rich nose, some spice, light in the nose, plummy; Mouth: rounded, curbed dark fruit, fullish, fat, firm, tactile sticks to the tongue; Very Good Plus $32; Prearrival Case, $26.99
2022 Pinot Noir El Galpon Carneros; This is selected fruit from a single Carneros vineyard, aged solely in concrete to focus on the subtlety of the fruit.
I liked the 2021 very much.
Aroma: heady, very deep, rather dense, firm, richly warm; Mouth: juicy, intense bright acid, dark blackberry fruit, soft, rich, firm, clean long; Very Good Plus $40; Prearrival Case $32
2022 Pinot Noir Sonoma Coast; Color: Light red; Aroma: Light fresh, clean, softly herbal, assertive, round red fruit, fragrant, raspberry; Mouth: Bright acid, clean, supple, mouth-filling, bright intense, fine acid, very clean, lithe; Very Good - Excellent $45; Prearrival Case, $36
2009 Syrah Hudson Vineyard Carneros; Aroma: heady lifted, aromatic bacon, rich & sweet, tapenade; Mouth: sweet, dense, fine, avid, dark, jammy fresh, secondary notes, fine tannins, low toned long; Excellent $45; Prearrival Case, $36
2020 McIntyre Vineyards Dornfelder; Color: very dark black red; Aroma: light, heady, fresh, pretty, juicy, and fine; Mouth: clean, light, angular in the back, firm, heady, richly dense fruit, long; Very Good Plus $37; Prearrival case, $29.99
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