Winery - Cooper Mountain
* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Clean and tart, with crisp green apple fruit and a nice richness through the midpalate. It’s well integrated, with balanced acids and oak complementing the ripe fruit in a food-friendly style. Best Buy. —P.G.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This young wine is showing well upon release, with light flavors of strawberry and cherry, well-balanced tannins and a streak of cola running through the finish. Drink young.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Cooper Mountain grows organic grapes and does well by them, as this fresh, ripe Pinot Gris shows. There’s a hint of vitamin pill and waxy lemon in the bouquet, then it’s all about vivid pear and green apple fruit. Plenty of weight and texture fill the mouth, and acid buoys the finish. —P.G.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This organic bottling marks Cooper’s 20th year, and it’s a tantalizing, high-strung, dusty wine, with a true Pinot nose full of raspberries and cinnamon. Plenty of verve on the palate, which emphasizes fruit and more fruit. The frame is sleek, but it capably carries the wine’s zip.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Reserve seems an odd designation for this inexpensive wine, but whatever you call it’s a very drinkable, light and balanced, with some interesting highlights. Organically grown grapes—really biodynamic—show some lightly earthy notes. The fruit tails off quickly and the acids take over. Nice quaffer.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
One of the “Five Elements Series” Pinots, the Mountain Terroir has good color, slightly more pronounced fruit than the winery’s Reserve, and plenty of acid. There could be more sweetness to the fruit, but this is still young and pulling itself together, and probably will be better in two or three years.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
The fruits are slightly deeper in this “Five Elements Wine.” The fruit flavors are austere, with wild berries, dry tannins and a somewhat metallic finish. It needs more time to pull together.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
This wine comes from the original estate plantings dating to 1978. It’s got more expressive aromas than its stable mates, with nuances of barnyard, cola and black cherry. It’s tight and austere, a bit chewy and high in acid. Clean and fresh.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
It’s difficult to see what qualifies this as a reserve bottling. It’s a light, simple, rather generically fruity white wine, with some melon and pineapple flavors and moderate acids.
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* Expert NoteJanuary 12, 2012
Clean and inviting, with some citrus on the nose. Apple, lime and melon flavors are just rich and sweet enough to justify the reserve designation. Satisfying, with good balance.
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