Community Tasting Notes 10

• Rick 4 Wine Likes this wine: 93 points

  October 28, 2023 - Excellent wine; prior notes hold.

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• Rick 4 Wine Likes this wine: 93 points

  November 30, 2022 - Great young wine. Gutherie showing his old Pinot self

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• Puligny33 Likes this wine: 93 points

  October 27, 2022 - Very good. We’ll integrated and flavorful: red berries and some blue berries for me. This is drinking well now but my guess is it will be even better in day 5 years time. Enjoyed it.

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• oldwines Likes this wine: 94 points

  September 13, 2022 - Tasted at a trade event in NJ. This is a new producer to me. It is the new estate of the ex-owner/winemaker at Copain who, after selling that winery, settled with his family in the Anderson Valley. All of the wines have an old world sensibility and see little to no new oak. I believe this is the first vintage for the all Estate fruit cuvée. This definitely has a large component of whole cluster fermented grapes, could be 100% but no one at the table pouring knew the correct amount. I liked everything about this wine. Dazzling bright ruby color, floral nose, red berry fruit, mineral undertones and dashes of spice with a little licorice/anise on the finish. Supper elegant and delicious. I would love to have it paired with a seared duck breast. Great acidity and structure but still drinking well with a good bit of air. Age-worthy. I would love to drink some in the near term but hold a handful for the future to try them at 10, 15, 20, 25+ Years of age in a good cellar. These should only get better…Really splendid!
  
  p.s. From the website...the wine is 13.2% ABV. Regarding whole cluster...
  "This was our first vintage where we had access to all of the clones and blocks off our estate vineyard. Each of them were vinified separately in small 1-2 ton fermenters with varying amounts of whole cluster. Blended just prior to bottling, the final wine may very well be one of the finest Pinot Noirs I have had the privilege to make to date."

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• Nutty08 Likes this wine: 93 points

  October 10, 2021 - Followed over 2nights. Still needs some time to integrate. Whole cluster influence with some spice and lift on the aromatics—but rather elegantly interwoven. Mix of red and blue fruits, but a bit tart on the back end with plush CA fruit which was a wierd juxtaposition. Good length on the finish. Good, but may be pretty incredible with time.

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2019
• Type Red
• Producer DuPuis
• Varietal Pinot Noir
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard DuPuis Estate
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion North Coast
• Appellation Anderson Valley

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• In Cellars 147 (70%)
• Consumed 64 (30%)

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