Copain
Bar Americain seems to be drawing us back - repeatedly - wondrous menu - Flay does know what he’s doing - plus - great brown spirits collection - even served if you’re not standing at the bar - i.e - sitting at a table for supper - 16 year old Black Maple Hill Bourbon - great starter -
Everyone ordered fish - polling our group - "white ?? - red ??" - one voted to stay with her Martinis - one voted neutral - one quietly said "red" - repeating it when I underlined that everyone was having fish - I loved her sense of biased democracy -
Great list - as an aside - yet another restaurant with Screaming Eagle - this time - $2,400 - Maitre′d with the "wine knowledge" conveyed dilemma of putting a price on such a special bottle - like us all - he looked it up on the web -
Back to the task at hand - spotted - Copain “Cerise” 2004 Anderson Valley - on the Pinot page - ironic timing - a friend has just raved about a Copain - although it turned out to be second label - L’Automne - one of my fav’s -
Cerise was cherries - the richness of the Russian River - winemaker’s notes mention "wet stone" - a taste I cannot get a handle on as I live in a city paved in asphalt - well constructed - priced with a reasonable markup - worth every drop - a second note suggested laying it down for a few years - not too usual with a Pinot - can only imagine the final product as it improves -
Original post by hb Herr