Copain "Hawks Butte" Syrah 2003 (Yorkville Highlands)

Deep purple.

Oak toast, breakfast sausage, wilted greens. Deep and food-filled nose, in complete contrast to the preceding two wines.

Round and completely mouth-filling with no sweetness whatsoever. Packed and grainy in the mouth, as usual for Copain, with chewy, but relatively unobtrusive tannin. Very natural "feel" on the palate, again, in complete contrast to the preceding wines.
Real aromatic, retronasal, stuff going on. Smoky, meaty, tangy ..

Day 3 - Little change aromatically, just a bit more open. Smells like food. You also get the immediate impression that this wine hasn't been subjected to weird acid and/or tannin additions. Naturalness - what a concept. And the palate confirms this. Deep, round and plush from start to finish. A bit of tannic chew kicks in late. Is there any fruit here? Is fruit food?

$40