Kapyrick Wine

9.0

v18. Pretty good! Light color but big punch! Peppery nose. Rich black cherry fruit. Long, smooth earthy finish. Nicely balanced. — 10 months ago

Jake Hajer

9.1

Milk chocolate cereal milk, black raspberry. Intense. Big body. Big acid. — a year ago

Jake Hajer

9.2

Roses, red plums. Light bodied. Elegant. — 2 years ago

Jake Hajer

9.2

Grapefruit, lime, custard. — 2 years ago

Austin Hohnke

9.1

Great balance. Honest. Pure. Creamy. Made by the former winemaker at Saintsbury. 13.4% abv. — 3 years ago

Jake Hajer

9.1

The grape is St Laurent. Tannic rougher Pinot like. Good treatment on this. Only 12%. — 3 years ago

Connor Smith

9.5

Whadda wine! 🇺🇸🍷

Byron Kosuge established himself as a California legend at Saintsbury in Carneros from 1985 to 2001. Saintsbury’s cool climate Pinots swam upstream from the general thrust of American wine at the time, emphasizing a softer touch.

His own label, B. Kosuge Wines, takes it a step further to the West Sonoma Coast at the edge of the continent. 🌊🌊🌊☁️☁️☁️ He has dedicated the rest of his career to doing his part to find the path forward for California wine in a changing world.

Byron felt that 2015 and 2016 were the finest vintages he’d ever produced. So when 2017 rolled around as more of a B+ vintage, he declassified all of his elite Hirsch Vineyard fruit for use in the Sonoma Coast wine. Many winemakers would have used the opportunity to crank up the price, but Byron kept it level. Here at Le Dû’s Wines in Manhattan, it’s $32.99 on the shelf.

Repeat: 🚨🚨THIS IS OVER 50% HIRSCH VINEYARD PINOT NOIR AND YOU CAN GET IT FOR UNDER $35🚨🚨.

Byron is an insightful guy with a lot of thoughts about where California wine is and where it’s going. If you ever get a chance to visit with him, jump on it! — 7 years ago

Sipping Fine Wine

9.2

Medium/Pale lemon color with aromas of stone fruit, floral, spice and citrus. On the palate apple, melon and peach flavors, with lemon zest, vanilla and toasty notes. Nice balance with bright acidity on long creamy finish, savory with spicy rich mineral ending, very nice! — a year ago

James Sullivan

10

One of our favorite Pinot Noirs. Simply amazing — 2 years ago

Jake Hajer

9.2

Beautiful blackberry jolly rancher fruit without being extracted, in a clean medium-light bodied expression. — 2 years ago

Jake Hajer

9.3

(Don’t mind the chocolate on the label) cinnamon, apricot, vanilla. Impressive. — 3 years ago

Jake Hajer

9.1

Fruity, white peach. Elegant. — 3 years ago

Robert Stackowiak

9.0

Fragrance of cherry and some spice. With air, both appear on the palate. Quite different and more mature than most Saintsbury releases but quite pleasing. April 2021. — 5 years ago

Andreas

9.0

Aprikos. Gröna och gula äpplen. EK! — 7 years ago

Jake Hajer

9.3

This is out of 3 Liter. Tasted fresher than the san Giacomo magnum ‘16 I had two days ago. Rich. Great color. Still fresh. No nuts at all. Peach, apricot. — a year ago

Jake Hajer

9.1

Medium bodied. Good acidity. Black pepper and green pepper. Drink slightly chilled. — a year ago

Jake Hajer

9.1

Aging well. Could easily go another 10-15. Forrest floor. Boysenberry. — 2 years ago

Billy L.

9.2

Saintsbury Winery Carneros Region Napa Valley 🍇🍷👍🏻👏🏻 — 3 years ago

Shana B

9.6

Balanced. A little fruity — 3 years ago

Angelo Casagrande

9.0

I’ve always been partial to Saintsbury PN. This one did not disappoint. Lucious fruit and beautiful balance- dances across my palate. Got 3 more!! — 6 years ago