Covert Farms is a 650-acre fourth-generation, family-owned organic farm and winery estate located just north of Oliver.
The Amicitia is a Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Cab Franc, Malbec, Petit Verdot and Syrah blend with strong umami notes woven with black fruits, peppery spices, smoked meat, leather, graphite and tealeaf aromas. It is concentrated and rustic, brooding and salty with dried fruits, mocha and plenty of spice flavours. It has firm and textural tannins and a long salted cocoa finish.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - December 20th, 2019

Slick, creamy, fresh.
The family heirloom known as Covert Farms, is a 650-acre multi-functional regeneratively-farmed estate that was established in 1959 at McIntyre Bluff.
2020 marked the first ever Chardonnay ever produced by Covert Farms; the vines, planted in 2007 are rooted in estate glaciofluvial sedimentary soils. This Grand Reserve 2021 was barrel fermented then aged 9 months in French oak.
It has a nutty, buttery nose with crunchy yellow apples, honeysuckle, acacia and lemon aromas. Creamy in the mouth it's a juxtaposition of generous and juicy. Slick and beautifully balanced with a nutty, zesty finish. Excellent.
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Wine Scores Reviewed - April 21st, 2023

Classic, silky, stylish.
Tasted bottle No.495 of 2,700.
This organic, vegan and regeneratively farmed Pinot Noir was harvested from Covert Farm's estate's Mimi Block (planted in 2009) and aged 21 months in French oak.
Beautifully woven, you can expect classic notes of sweet red cherry and vanilla, star anise, cedar chips, violets, raspberry, beets rolled in cocoa and fresh earth. It has a silky palate that is fresh and stylish. Red berries, earth and fine spice flavours mirror the nose. Expect good length with some grip on the finish and flavours of leather and tealeaf. Savoury notes of beet greens, wild herbs and rainforest floor are woven with sweet red current and cherries, baking spices and orange peel. It is silky and shows a classic Pinot earthy character along with bacon fat, fine spice and cocoa.
©copyright 2023 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Scores Reviewed - May 9th, 2023

Classic, fragrant, elegant.
Tasted bottle No.303 of 1,867.
This organic and vegan Pinot Noir was harvested from the estate's Mimi Block (planted in 2009) and aged 21 months in French oak.
Classic Pinosity here. Expect notes of sweet cherries and menthol, raspberry tea and cedar, forest floor and fine fragrant spices. It's a fresh version, fine boned and reflects flavours of wild red berries, tealeaf, fine spice and leather. It's Medium-bodied and elegant with another wash of mint on the finish.
©copyright 2020 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Scores Reviewed - May 19th, 2020

Classic, silky, savoury.
Tasted bottle No.810 of 2,007.
This organic and vegan Pinot Noir was harvested from the estate's Mimi Block (planted in 2009) and aged 21 months in French oak.
Savoury notes of beet greens, wild herbs and rainforest floor are woven with sweet red current and cherries, baking spices and orange peel. It is silky and shows a classic Pinot earthy character along with bacon fat, fine spice and cocoa.
©copyright 2020 Daenna Van Mulligen
Wine Scores Reviewed - May 19th, 2020