Covert Estate Black Label Cabernet Sauvignon 2019 750ml

Winemaker Note

Our Black Label Cabernet has Coombsville’s dark, structured aromatics as its cornerstone, blended into the rich and refined style that is Covert’s hallmark. Our team harvests by hand in the cool early mornings and sends the grapes through two rounds of rigorous sorting—first as whole clusters, then again as de-stemmed individual berries. After cold maceration, the fruit is fermented by naturally occurring wild yeasts for three to four weeks. Once this initial fermentation is complete, we gently crush the grapes with a vertical press directly into barrels for a secondary malolactic fermentation. The wine then spends 18-26 months in barrel, as needed for each vintage. We rack at most twice per year, and bottle without fining or filtration. By minimizing human intervention with the wine, we aim to amplify the voice of the terroir. Dynamic, textured and impeccably balanced, the 2019 vintage of the Covert Black Label Cabernet is an irresistible celebration of Coombsville. While it offers enjoyment for many more years, this fragrant, richly-fruited wine is already wonderfully silky and satisfying – the perfect bottle to open while your single-vineyard Covert Cabernets age in the cellar.