2005 Copain Syrah McDowell Valley

Community Tasting Notes (52) Avg Score: 90.7 points

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  11/28/2017 - ParisWino Likes this wine: 91 Points

  I get blueberries on the nose and finish more than the blackberries that others have mentioned, but otherwise recent notes by Chadrich and J@y H@ck are close to spot on. This wine scores higher for sybaritic pleasure than for complexity, yet it is certainly not confected or blowsy at all. Goes down easily as an aperiftif, but has enough acidity and structure for food, especially duck.
  
  [My bottle was recently acquired as part of the large Winebid sale of Copain wines, many of them benefitting fire relief efforts in Napa/Sonoma, and seems to have been in perfect condition, tasting relatively young with 5+ years on its current plateau.]

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  7/2/2017 - redpine42 Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Nice. Still drinking good, but starting to fade. Some mice fruit. Tannins and alcohol are mellowed and well integrated.

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  6/30/2017 - chadrich Likes this wine: 92 Points

  Bacon fat, rosemary and sweet-tarts on the nose. Blackberry and root beer notes on the palate.
  Silky mouthfeel. Finish is bold and long showing just a bit of residual alcohol. Showing much younger than its age. Likely has another 3 to 5 years, probably best in 2 to 3.

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  5/27/2017 - J @ y H @ c k Likes this wine: 90 Points

  Smooth, developing but still not fully taking on the extra complexity of age. Somewhat subtle. Fruit but not jammy and no sharp edges.

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  8/13/2016 - Quarked wrote: 92 Points

  My suspicion is that this is a few years shy of peak, but very drinkable right now nonetheless. Secondary/tertiary flavors are coming on strong, but there is still a clear streak of primary blackberry coming through. Little to no heat. Fantastic stuff.

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