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• Vinsboro Likes this wine: 92 points

  May 25, 2023 - Oh my.
  
  Brick red at rim. Dark cherry core in the center. Aromas of bacon fat and mint, tar and molasses in the background. Persisting acidity and tartness on the palate. Light in weight, but long with dilute cola echoes. Really delicious, and prime.
  
  The cork crumbled.
  
  Sourced from the winery.
  
  Oh my.

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• GrapeScott wrote: 91 points

  November 2, 2021 - From magnum. This is perhaps my favorite Copain syrah vineyard. It has such a Northern Rhone character to it, that I find it hard to believe it comes from California. The nose is teeming with nicoise olive, garrigue, granite and game meat. Lots of acidity here, fruit is a bit lean, this needs time, especially in this format.

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• aero Likes this wine:

  April 8, 2021 - Light+ bodied, traditional styling. Nose is small sweet bramble berries and lactic like a warm creamy yogurt. Palate has the light mouthfeel of coastal Pinot Noir with further continuation of berries, rhubarb, fruit skins, and hints of char and earth. Tannins fully resolved, the backbone is a soft acidity.
  
  Drinking at fruit peak now, will develop more tertiary over the next 5 years.
  
  Edit: I don't get any N Rhone "meat/fat" at all, would put it closest in taste and style to modern Willamette PN. If you're looking for a Northern CA take on N Rhone style: aged Peay, Lagier Meredith, and Halcon are a good start.

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• Cote d'Or wrote: flawed

  October 23, 2020 - Super funky jammy yet somewhat dead on the palate. I think this is an off bottle.

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• GrapeScott wrote: 92 points

  September 28, 2020 - From a magnum that leaked during transit (packed upside down) and ulled about 5cm, so figured I’d better drink up. Just finished a bottle of JL Jamet Cote Rotie and wanted to keep that cold climate syrah thing going. Pulled the cork and thankfully it looked sound. Really meaty, gamey nose, laced with minerals and olive tapenade. Tight, juicy/acidic and unevolved in this format (I had a 750 recently that was open for business). Red fruits, bacon fat and orange blossom on the palate. As others have stated and I noted from my first notes seven years ago, this is a ringer for a very good Northern Rhône (think St Joseph crossed with Cote Rotie). I think these mags could easily go another decade, which I hope they do since this is my son’s birth year.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2010
• Type Red
• Producer Copain
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Baker Ranch
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion North Coast
• Appellation Anderson Valley

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• Pending Delivery 4 (1%)
• In Cellars 178 (39%)
• Consumed 280 (61%)

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