Copain, Pinot Noir Kiser En Haut, Anderson Valley

Final of 2 bottles. I had the previous bottle about 5 yrs ago. Opened the bottle last night, had a few glasses, and had the last glass today. This domestic Pinot is flat out delicious. Dark fruit, like plum and black cherry, perfectly ripened, alongside mocha, a hint of anise, and wet soil notes. The tannins are gritty and amazingly refined, and the acidity is puckering and refreshing. Drink this wine through 2026+.

2009 vintage

was still good for its age, but nothing special, wine rather fruit-dominant and straightforward, not enough acid. easy to open and enjoy without much thought.

2009 vintage

Excellent stuff. Not showing any age. Great balance.

2009 vintage

Pretty cherry, raspberry, and citrus peel aromas give way to a bright, elegant palate. Not terribly complex but easy to drink and food friendly.

2009 vintage

From magnum. This was drinking extremely well. Smooth with blackberry and raspberry notes. At peak.

2009 vintage

Great pop and pour wine right now. Best after 15 minutes. Must finish the bottle it will not hold for day 2.

2009 vintage

A little too boozy for my tastes.

2009 vintage

Flawed NR

2009 vintage

On the big fruit side, but still quite tasty.

2009 vintage

This is just delicious. Sadly the end of this one for me. No more in the vintage.

2009 vintage

Smooth and drinking nicely from magnum. This took a bit of time to open on day one and then rapidly progressed on day two. Featuring cherries, oak, and vanilla with good balance and integrated tannins. This particular bottle was ready to go and at or slightly past peak.

2009 vintage

Beautiful nose and fantastic balance. Such a good wine at this point. At the same time this seems like plenty of life left.

2009 vintage

Did not drink as if it were at the end of its road as WA review suggests. This bottle being a 1.5L likely had a lot to do with that. Impressed.

2009 vintage

1st of 2 bottles, consumed over 3 nights. Best on 2nd night. Deep and brambly black and red fruits, with wet forest floor and cooking spices. Nice, finely grained tannins and well-moderated acidity, with a long and earth/fruit finish. Drink now through 2024+.

2009 vintage

My last bottle, and every bit as good as the others, maybe a bit fresher because this is from a mag. As good of an American Pinot as I have had.

2009 vintage

Sour cherries (standing out a bit too mich), wild strawberries, and menthol on the nose. Smooth, integrated tannins, with strawberry and red berry notes on the palate. Good acidity and good finish. Still, I was a bit disappointed, especially from the nose.

2009 vintage

Cherries, raspberries, licorice, spice, earthiness, and a hint of floral in the nose. Black raspberries, minerals, and spice in the flavor. Well balanced with a medium to long finish.

2009 vintage

Pretty, with floral nose and high toned, California-ripe fruit

2009 vintage

Dark cranberry garnet, just a touch of browning, some light clove spice on the nose; dark cherry fruit with hints of cranberry, good acidity that brings an edge of tartness, and the light spice notes make a return on the finish. Quintessential Anderson Valley Pinot, and quite tasty.

2009 vintage

Sour dark cherry and forest fruit with white pepper, autumn leafs and charcoal. Light toasted oak on the palate, but nice and Burgundian balance. Long deliciously juicy finish with a bit of grippy tannins at the end.

2009 vintage

Drank this over dinner, with no decant. This is my final 2009 Copain PN in the cellar, as I continue to think this is a 'drink me sooner' vintage for the winery (versus 2010, that in my view is going to age better and longer). There is acidity still here, and if this is served a little cooler in temp, it will be firmer. I say this because the wine does show a more flashy, less elegant version of En …

2009 vintage

This had been opened a few days earlier by my husband, pumped and returned to the wine fridge before I got around to it. Wow this was tasting really good tonight, dark fruits and very savory with a nice line of acidity cutting through the middle. Looking forward to enjoying the remaining three bottles over the next few years. Not sure how it would have been on pop and pour - but the extra few days open did nothing to …

2009 vintage

open a couple hours, decanted and for me only enjoyable after a few more hours , though got to say this is darker in fruit profile than I care for. Still got some structure going for it, just much more blackberry fruit than other Copains I've enjoyed of late. I think the fruit profile won't change but the tannin element may calm down a bit in time. Never going to be elegant.

2009 vintage

Tasted as part of a Kiser En Haut vertical we did with Wells @ the winery. 1,3.4% ABV. I sensed pepper on this wine, but this is completely destemmed. Dark plum, spice, red apple, generous and juicy. This vintage of Kiser continues to drink with a cool fruit core, yet I don't find the structure in this vintage to suggest it will age or get better.

2009 vintage

Tasty red cherry, apple, and mineral notes on the nose and palate with sour cherry and floral notes on the long finish with refreshing acidity.

2009 vintage

I was surprised to the extent this wine has richened up, got fatter, at least this is my pereception against the last 2 times I have tasted it. Black and blue, with a boysen quality this time. With air, it picks up more structure, the slate and tannin that helps anchor the fruit. We had the 2010 next to this 2009, both from mag, and I will say on this day, I preferred the 2010.

2009 vintage

Copain Stopover--2011 Harvest (Copain Winery--Russian River) : Pop and pour. Been about six months since the last bottle of this and it continues to be an ass kicker of a wine. Now, it has evolved to an expansive and broad wine, with some mushroom/truffle under the fruit. Concentrated without being heavy. Liquified rocks, piled on blue and raspberry fruit, then finishes with slate and the same earthy 'shroom note. When the mags of this get released, I'll have my hand …

2009 vintage

Copain tasting at the winery with Wells and Jennifer : A special lot from from a plot of younger re-grafted vines in the En Bas section; Darker in color than the two other Kisers, deep, dark black cherry, violet, mineral. An attention getter, though at this early production stage of the vines shows more linear and a little less complexity than the En Bas or En Haut bottlings. Still, a fabulous wine.

2009 vintage

Copain Visit To Taste The 2009s and 2010s (Copain Winery In RRV) : I had to add this wine to the database and given the novel name of this wine (which I think is a translation in french to "grafted"), and since it is a subsection of En Bas, forgive me if I have not added the wine properly. Today, we tasted this wine from magnum, done in a shiner, as I am not sure this wine has been really …

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