Community Tasting Notes 33

• drrobvino wrote: 91 points

  October 3, 2022 - 1st bottle consumed of 3 originally purchased, this wine is drinking nicely.
  Dark and opaque, showing aromas and flavors of smoke and black cooked fruits, coffee grounds and black pepper, and fresh meats.
  There is ample acidity to keep the wine from being flabby. This is not a big and bold, uninteresting Syrah...it has a soil-driven character about it, and will likely drink well through 2030+.

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• ben7210 wrote: 89 points

  December 15, 2021 - Deep garnet, nose of tobacco and ocean air. On the palate, dry high acidity, medium tannin, surprisingly low alcohol, medium body, medium intensity, primary characteristics of slightly unripe red cherries and black pepper with some mineral notes on the finish. It's an interesting wine, surprisingly low alcohol, complex but lacks much follow through. Very good. Possible it needs more time to develop.

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• alanr wrote: 93 points

  April 30, 2021 - Dark garnet, not quite opaque, medium full body; nose shows a nice melange of olive, pepper, anise, spiced herbs, layered over a core of clean dark fruit; vibrant dark fruit on the palate, deep blackberry, boysenberry, with those same swirling spices, pepper, anise; youthful tannins are still present and slightly mouth gripping, but resolved enough to make this quite drinkable, and lending a somewhat creamy texture. The group I served this to blind struggled to place it, torn between Rhone and cool climate California. I can see that, as this has all the positive attributes of a quality Northern Rhone syrah, while not fitting cleanly into the character we expect from Rhone (honestly, that probably means the brett we are used to in many Rhones, even at a very low level, is missing in this wine). This is a delicious, complex, quality Syrah, with many years of positive development ahead of it.

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• aagrawal wrote: 89 points

  April 29, 2021 - Wine Dinner (Zoom): Tasted blind. Medium-deep ruby, no bricking and youthful color; high intensity aromatics, purple fruits, minerals, gamey, relatively clean; palate is medium bodied, medium-plus acidity, medium-minus tannins, balanced medium alcohol (12.6%), blueberry fruit which lacks a bit of persistence through the midpalate; finish is medium to medium-minus length. This seems like a youthful Northern rhone syrah, polished without being overtly modern. Length on the finish holds this back from being really excellent. 89

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• Cote d'Or wrote:

  January 6, 2021 - Tasted over 3 hrs
  -opaque dark purple
  -fairly complex dark berry olive juice
  -med+ acidity, med/med- weight earthy tart savory elements, med/med- tannins
  -this has picked up some weight with age and has some interesting savory complexity, not overtly mature - who knows it might even get more interesting over several more years

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2010
• Type Red
• Producer Copain
• Varietal Syrah
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard Halcon Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion North Coast
• Appellation Yorkville Highlands

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• In Cellars 170 (49%)
• Consumed 180 (51%)

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