Covalence Wine
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JamesSuckling
97
vintage
2022
A silky, pure and delicious wine with a soft touch but good structure and great balance. The very first vintage of a new wine company, using grapes from a tiny, two-acre vineyard. So smooth, supple and drinkable, offering ripe black cherries, creme de cassis, spearmint and dark chocolate on a rather light body for such an inviting wine. Drink now or hold.
— Jim Gordon
The Wine Advocate
95
vintage
2022
The 2022 Cabernet Sauvignon is the first vintage of this wine, sourced from two hillside acres of Cabernet owned by Carl Doumani and made by Aaron Pott. Available in three-packs from the winery, it's slightly lifted in character, with an almost confected edge to its aromas of mixed red and black cherries and vanilla. Plush and supple-textured in the mouth, this medium to full-bodied wine is supremely elegant and already approachable yet capable of aging and improving for up to a decade.
— Joe Czerwinski
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A partnership between Carolinians Adam Ressner and Jonathan Rhyne, Covalence sources grapes from Carl Doumani's small hillside vineyard in the Stags Leap District, up behind Quixote. Winemaking, under the guidance of Aaron Pott, commenced with the 2022 vintage, reviewed from bottle here. Tasted prior to bottling, the 2023 looks to be a real stunner. Given the tiny quantities of wine being produced (205 cases of the 2022 were bottled), readers will want to sign up for the mailing list, although as I write this, there still appear to be some bottles of the 2022 available.
The Wine Advocate
97-99
vintage
2023
Sourcing for the 2023 Cabernet Sauvignon remains the same two-acre parcel of vines in the Stags Leap District, planted to Wiemer and See selections. Tasted prior to bottling, this is darker and more saturated in hue than the debut 2022, while also showing more floral intricacies and vibrant cassis and blackberry fruit. It's full-bodied, rich, concentrated and tannic but also fully ripe, with hints of dark chocolate and mocha on the lingering finish. It will need more time to come around than the 2022, but it should end up being a classic.
— Joe Czerwinski
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A partnership between Carolinians Adam Ressner and Jonathan Rhyne, Covalence sources grapes from Carl Doumani's small hillside vineyard in the Stags Leap District, up behind Quixote. Winemaking, under the guidance of Aaron Pott, commenced with the 2022 vintage, reviewed from bottle here. Tasted prior to bottling, the 2023 looks to be a real stunner. Given the tiny quantities of wine being produced (205 cases of the 2022 were bottled), readers will want to sign up for the mailing list, although as I write this, there still appear to be some bottles of the 2022 available.
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