Copain, Monument Tree Vyd Pinot Noir, Anderson Valley

Out of magnum. Started out on the lean side with a firm mineral streak through the gossamer midpalate. The nose promised an abundance of sweet red fruit laced with gentle oak spices and a lovely Pinot vinosity of sage fallen leaves, and savory base notes. After about 2 hours the wine truly began to open, gaining weight, sweetness, and length to the slightly lifted finish. It's just past peak in all likelihood, but still was delicious and improved for another …

2010 vintage

This pours light ruby in the glass with the faintest hint bricking. The nose is of cranberry, orange oil, peonies, beetroot, airy moist pine grove, menthol cigarette, flowering mixed herbs, and strawberry. The palate enters on pure citrus tinged red fruit with cranberry and strawberry leading, turning to medium plus acid and low tannin. The finish closes very pleasantly replaying the orange oil and strawberry elements. All in all, this is very nice stuff, and aging slowly. While not terribly …

2010 vintage

Elegant wine with lighter body and still bright fruit profile. Notes of strawberry.

2010 vintage

Felt was a bit too acidic and lacked fruit. Uncorked and drank - perhaps would have been better with a good decant.

2010 vintage

from magnum. PnP. Delightful, elegant and refined. Some sweet black cherries introduce a savory, complex palate with some spices and crushed rocks. l found this vibrant and nuanced, but others felt it was too light with restrained fruit. Definitely at a perfect drinking age!

2010 vintage

Light, translucent red in color. A pretty strawberry nose. Lush, sweet red fruit, strawberry, bit of warm spice. Picks up weight with air. Fully resolved tannins, bright acidity, great balance. Finishes long with sweet red fruits. Delicious and vibrant. No need to wait, but will probably drink well for 3 to 4 years.

2010 vintage

W chucker + mushroom sauce. Good combo. Was hesitating to open as my plan was always 15 yrs from vintage. Anyway i couldnt resist. Indeed this has life left but is really good right now. Excellent tart fruit with great length. Yummy!!!

2010 vintage

short decant and got to say of the bottles I've had of this wine, this is by far the best. Very resolved with integration tannin and acid, good fruit and none of that "beet root" flavor, enough tartness to make very good wine.

2010 vintage

1st of 2 bottles. Tart and sour red cherry fruit, with a definitive spiciness, wet gravel, licorice strands, sweet tarts, and dirt. Really nice at an unbelievable 12.4% abv...the acidity is tense and bright. Long and tangy finish, red crunchy fruit all the way. Gorgeously gritty tannins, just starting ease their grip. Lovely. Just delicious, one of the best Copain Pinot's I have had the pleasure of drinking. Drink now through 2026+.

2010 vintage

Excellent right now. Still has lot of life left too.

2010 vintage

One of my favourite California Pinots. Great maturity now. I don't know if I miss the more accentuated acidity when it was younger or not. Elegant and complex. Great wine

2010 vintage

Took a couple of hours for the fruit to shine above the structure, then drinks beautifully with sour cherry, soil, and spice with vibrant acidity on a moderate finish.

2010 vintage

Cork had a streak about 3/4 the way up, so not sure if this is a completely representative bottle. Color showing some moderate bricking, there's an earthy, late fall leafy note to the nose; good intensity of fruit on the palate, more strawberry than cherry, with some sweetness that might be attributed to the vintage, or possibly a little extra air exposure through the cork, or maybe just the way the wine is at its age. Acidity is a bit …

2010 vintage

Showed very well. Halfway between Burgundy and California. Subtle red fruits with gentle earth and moss.

2010 vintage

Initially thought it was in an awkward stage but with an hour or so of air it really started to shine. Light ruby in the glass and looks like it could still be aged another decade. These hit a sweet spot for me between Burgundy and Most California fruity Pinot. It has some earthy funk, baking spice, and delicious red fruits. Still some of my favorite Cali Pinot!

2010 vintage

Drank over two days. I actually preferred day 1, as it was less lean. However, both days showed an acidic/tart core, along with thin palate (raspberry, sour cherry, steminess) that did not particularly appeal to me. I prefer more earthiness and less lithe, high-note, pinots. But, this is well-made (as Copain always are). I much prefer Wells' syrahs.

2010 vintage

Similar notes as our 2017 tasting. Still drinking well.

2010 vintage

My final bottle of 10 Tree, with a good window of 3 years since the last. What I appreciate about CT is that guys like an Alan Rath will post impressions, which really help. Whereas I don't care about the score, what I do know is Alan's palate and so his recent TN was all I needed to help me choose a PN for tonight. Thanks a lot, Alan and to his credit, his TN is spot-on. This wine is …

2010 vintage

Fairly dark garnet color, just some slight lean toward brick red; a lightly sweet floral nose, palate is on the bright side, with a mix of darker raspberry/strawberry fruit, just enough seamless acidity, and a hint of fine grained tannins. Very pleasant and drinkable, though not showing a lot of complexity or interest.

2010 vintage

For me, it's interesting to see how this wine has changed since my last tasting 5+ years ago in August 2013 (see tasting note posted earlier). Tonight, ruby color with aromas of mostly strawberry with some apple and a hint of spice. Raspberry aromas developed after 2+ hours, as did asian spice aromas. Strawberry flavor on the palate. The wine has a smooth texture, with medium body and a short-medium finish. No sediment whatsoever. I have 1 more bottle, and …

2010 vintage

Vibrant red fruit, pure, well balanced and delicious. Still years ahead of it I would think.

2010 vintage

Amazing pinot

2010 vintage

Strawberries, cherries, licorice, and floral in the nose. Black cherries, currants, spice, and som earthiness in the flavor. An elegant pinot with a medium to long finish.

2010 vintage

Continues to drink beautifully with dark cherry, soil, and spice with vibrant acidity on a moderate finish. Quite the refreshing pinot!

2010 vintage

No formal note, a luxurious, a well made pinot with the right balance of acidity, spice, cherry and earth to lead into a long finish.

2010 vintage

I will allow myself to quote egh's note below: "Drinking beautifully. Pure, bright, tangy, moderately proportioned, lithe, and showy/open knit with notions of red apple, red cherry, raspberry, citrus zest, and spice cake." It is really spot on except for two things: I think this wine was so good I am actually rating it 93! -And it was served next to a Burgundy and German Pinot; in this context the notes were slightly candied and revealing of the new world …

2010 vintage

His wine has filled out. Tasty and deep.

2010 vintage

Reuniting with this wine about four years down the line, however out of 3L this time, served as the dinner wine for my 37th. Much as I remember it, with slightly tart dark red fruit retaining good freshness and never cloying (very rare in CA Pinot), along with good earth accents. Has a medium+ body, and a deeper pinot feel than the low abv would indicate. Perhaps I should've held this a decade or so longer, but it showed well …

2010 vintage

I gotta hand it to both EGH and PJHR, as they continue to do an excellent job of capturing notes on the Copain wines. They both precede me here, and I would agree with the their perspectives they posted. What did strike yesterday about this bottle was the prominent acidity. I didn't find that level of it when I posted my TN in Sept 2015. Blueberry, red apple, soil, cherry and lots of tartness that remains. No shortage here of …

2010 vintage

Had this over two nights, best on 1st day, initially PnP. Elegant and finessed with notes of strawberry, red apple, tangerine rind, mineral, earth and spice. Tannins were well integrated and fully resolved, matched by crisp acidity and ended on a silky finish. This was a fabulous PN, nicely balanced and in complete harmony with all of its components.

2010 vintage

Lively dark cherry, soil, and spice with juicy acidity on a moderate finish.

2010 vintage

Very nice, elegant Pinot. It is a light, clear ruby colored. There's a little bit of bricking. The body follows they appearance. Fruit is restrained with minerality and garrique driving a wave of flavors under the fruit. Unfortunately, this wine is quite acidic and gave me marked heartburn uncommon for Pinot. Perhaps this is why people think this wine will drink through 2035, but I don't think it will evolve that long.

2010 vintage

Even better than the last bottle with more vibrant fruit on the palate and refreshing acidity/tannins on the finish.

2010 vintage

This has a very elegant palate of bright red fruits, soil/earth and florals, with a very firm thread of acidity on the finish; This will likely continue to improve given the acidic backbone, but it's already a very classy expression of pinot noir with some extended air

2010 vintage

Delicious ripe dark cherries and minerals on the nose and palate with well balanced acidity and a savory finish.

2010 vintage

Such an elegant Pinot at a really nice stage here. Opened as a Pop and Pour but drank over 90 minutes with friends. Cool lean fruit, some sea salt on the nose, Structure is what you'd expect from WG in Anderson Valley. He's not trying to bring big fruit into the cooler nights. This wine is elegant and expressive. Drinking well here and will for several more years.

2010 vintage

Light in color and very aromatic. Raspberry, cherry. A touch of pomegranate and spice. Great focus and energy. This very attractive wine is just entering its drinking window.

2010 vintage

Copain In The Backyard On A Summer Evening (My House In The South OC) : So last night when we opened this as part of a selective look into a bunch of Copain wines (mainly Kiser En Bas), this was the WOTN for a few of us, me included. And as this was the last wine of the night that I TN'd, I will just put those notes aside and express what is here this morning, so 12 hours later. …

2010 vintage

Dense, robust fruit, but transparent and soil-driven for all its size. Pommard-ish in a way, not super refined, but rock solid and probably a promising cellar candidate.

2010 vintage

Blind. Medium+ color. Good nose, red fruit, and a light oak note. Palate is very good, medium plus concentration with a vanilla and bark note.

2010 vintage

2 bottles of this in the past but neither really one I could settle into and appreciate. The last bottle was 2 years back so lots of things to be learned here. Open about an hour. This really grabs my attention. Aromatic of smoke and light pepper. The real star here is the palate, which is just loaded with raspberry, red apple, both just pure, bright. The tangy acidity carries that fruit through the finish and this has just great …

2010 vintage

I enjoyed this wine. This was my first single vineyard pinot from Copain. The Monument Tree definitely had elegant age on it--and nice Anderson Valley fruit. I'm giving it 91 points for the experience, but wouldn't go out of my way to try another Monument Tree in the near future.

2010 vintage

Taste with Tenzing at FHE. Little more rustic. More stuffing, purple fruit, spice. Richer and more saturation as a whole. Again, clove and cinnamon.

2010 vintage

Just now hitting its stride. Tasty!

2010 vintage

Ripe red cherry and raspberry, purple flowers, vanilla, minerals. Weightless and very well balanced on the palate.

2010 vintage

I really like this. Light and subtle, but with nice red fruit intensity and great focus.

2010 vintage

Tenzing Portfolio Tasting (Untitled - Chicago, IL) : Really impressive Pinot from Copain. Not cheap but beautiful earth meets spice elements. Some tannin which should allow this to age nicely.

2010 vintage

Early for this wine, but it's drinking well nevertheless. Dominated by flavorful medium-bodied dried cherry, a slightly tart mouthwatering note, bit of spice and just a hint of clove. High quality, interesting and enjoyable.

2010 vintage

Bringebær, pepper, granateple, fiol, litt parfymert. Kunne hatt litt mer backing av tanniner og mer fylde, men saftig og god pinot noir. Bra lengde.

2010 vintage

Clear burgundy red color. Nose gives me a dark earthy meaty animal note. Some red half ripe berries. A gentle nose. The palate gives power, spices, intensity and good length. A pleasant and well put together wine. Will likely try Copain again. 50+5+11+16+8 (90p)

2010 vintage

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