Copain Tous Ensemble Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2017 NETHERLANDS These origins can be found

These origins can be found in Islay itself – its harsh climate and tough landscape have created a hardy people whose single-mindedness and honesty is as distinctive as Laphroaig

This 2012 Pinot Noir Reflektor might be the finest single wine by Steve Clifton

A riper but still agreeably fresh nose offers up notes of black raspberry

instead it is the inclusion of reserve wine that goes through malolactic fermentation because it has gone more temperature swings

minimal intervention and long elevages in large neutral Slovenian oak botti

Copain Tous Ensemble Sonoma Coast Pinot Noir 2017 NETHERLANDS These origins can be foundAt Copain, he creates wines that are firmly rooted in California, yet with the sensibilities of the European wines that so moved him. The Copain winery is perched on a hill overlooking the serenely beautiful Russian River Valley. The Pinots are made with fully de stemmed fruit and are aged in French oak barrels, approximately 25% new. These are some of the most refined, subtle, and exciting wines being made in Sonoma today.