In
an effort to visit all 600 Napa Valley wineries( 350 and counting) and dine at
all 3000 San Francisco restaurants(850 and counting ), my wife Linda and I
recently traveled to Covert Estate in the eastern part of Napa Valley in the
Coombsville Appellation. Our wine staff Ron and Josi Hable also joined the fun.
Covert
Estate is the result of collaboration of 3 wine loving families, Cal and Pam
Nicholson, Dave and Laura Nestor and Julien and Elan Fayard. Julien is a
winemaker with French roots and combines traditional Bordeaux winemaking to
this great California winemaking culture.
This
was an extra special time to visit Napa after the recent fires that destroyed
many wineries and killed 41 people. Luckily Covert Estates escaped any
damage from these fires and was very thankful to be operating and alive and
well.
Our
host today was Kristi Devine whose passion and knowledge of Covert wine is
bursting with joy. We enjoyed our tasting in the underground cave that
had a stunning view of the Napa hills thru the massive glass door
entrance. We began tasting the gold foil labeled 2014 Covert Estates
Coombsville that was very drinkable now and a great addition to your
cellar for future enjoyment.
The second wine was the 2014 Cabernet Sauvignon "
Clone 341" French connection vine that is available at only 10 Napa
vineyards. It had a soft sensuous flavor and well worth a second taste and
taking a few bottles home with us.
The last tasting was the 2014 Covert Estate Cabernet from
Pritchard Hill. It had a distinct profile with deep color produced from
the iron rich Pritchard Hill volcanic soil.
This relatively new winery is producing some great wines and
sure to be included in your "must have" wine collection.
After the recent devastating fires that threatened God's wine
heaven on earth, it was a pleasure to see this winery and many others
that survived smiling and open for business again.
After our tasting, we enjoyed lunch at downtown Oxbow Market, which has a variety of food and dessert choices and can be described as the Napa
Ferry Building of foodie fun.
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