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• brigcampbell wrote:

  April 15, 2024 - Book Club (Foretti's): Blind: I was waffling around on this one, between a Riesling and a white Bordeaux. Ultimately landed on Roussanne after a few hints but that doesn’t count.
  
  Well, there’s a lot going on here. The gold color hints that there might be some age. The nose had a little bit of cat piss so I was charging down the Sauvignon Blanc road. But there was a very present oily petroleum note which flipped everything upside down. This saw no new oak but there’s clearly something like that happening at the finish, plus dried moss. Excellent wine.

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• Frank Murray III wrote:

  April 11, 2024 - Bookclub (served blind)--My Turn (Foretti's in Corona Del Mar): This stuff is aging so well, and when I revealed the wine to the table from under the bag, I think everyone was surprised on how well this is doing at almost 2 decades old. Lightly oily texture with some petrol in the aroma. Plenty of acid yet what is most notable is the balance, freshness and the clear color that this is maintaining. It has a light savory note but beyond that, I just don't find much to say 'this wine is becoming old'. I last had this at the winery with Wells in 2017 just before he left Copain for good, and back then I liked the wine but to think it's been 7 years since that time, the wine seems to have budged very little. Bravo!....retasting the following day, man this is fresh and bright. There is a sour melon kind of thing in the wine that gives it character but it doesn't turn me off. In fact, I like that it's here because it lengthens the finish. Just so much freshness...!

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• Border Boss Likes this wine:

  September 12, 2021 - From magnum, slow ox'ed for a couple of hours before service. An outstanding wine with lots of citrus and minerality. Goes extremely well with shellfish like crab cakes, scallops, etc.

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• ChrisWagner Likes this wine: 90 points

  February 27, 2020 - Hanging on well.
  
  Definitely a touch of nuttiness, but less oxidized than one would think. Probably about as good as it’s going to get. Won’t wait on the other magnum.
  
  Nose of floral, orange pith.

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• Border Boss Likes this wine: 90 points

  April 5, 2019 - From magnum. The wine was popped and poured, but then tasted over the course of two hours. This wine is really outstanding and interesting once it's been exposed to air for about an hour.
  
  Upon opening, the wine had a big floral nose, but with no acidity showing at all. The flavors were dominated by minerals.
  
  After about an hour, the wine went through a major change. Boom, the acidity was there. The floral nose just kept on giving. The flavors of minerality was still there in force, but joined by nice fruit flavors including tart citrus and apple.
  
  Overall, an excellent wine with plenty of life, at least in this format. Give it plenty of air for maximum enjoyment.
  
  Here's the information I received about the wine from Chris Paul, the Tasting Room Manager at Copain: "It’s 100% neutral oak aged. There’s a few hours of skin contact prior to pressing for fermentation. 2006 was a cooler year down in Paso Robles. 2009 was our final vintage with James Berry."

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Wine Definition

• Vintage 2006
• Type White
• Producer Copain
• Varietal Roussanne
• Designation n/a
• Vineyard James Berry Vineyard
• Country USA
• Region California
• SubRegion Central Coast
• Appellation Paso Robles

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• Pending Delivery 3 (1%)
• In Cellars 46 (15%)
• Consumed 253 (84%)

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