Francesco Brigatti Colline Novaresi Uva Rara 2024 CS20231026 This is Kosta Browne's first

This is Kosta Browne's first appellation-level Anderson Valley Pinot

and mushroom earth

A portion of this wine (40%) spends 38 months in some of the tightest-grained French Oak money can buy

who survived two rattlesnake bites in 2006 and has held his spot there ever since

but on a 1er Cru site

Francesco Brigatti Colline Novaresi Uva Rara 2024 CS20231026 This is Kosta Browne's firstEveryone knows Nebbiolo. Almost nobody knows Uva Rara, the local red that has quietly done the supporting work in Alto Piemonte's blends for generations. Francesco Brigatti farms in the hills north of Novara and bottles it on its own, which is how you find out it is good enough to stand alone. Grown on acidic glacial soils, it comes out bright and juicy, with far more snap than weight. This is the kind of bottle that turns a Tuesday dinner into