Bleu Azur

Grenache Rosé

Charlie

9.2

Light & fruity, delicious — 4 months ago

Azur

California Dry Rosé Blend 2017

Tobin Trevarthen

9.3

A beautiful pale salmon colored Rose. A Grenache/Syrah blend. Aged with some used oak that provide a softness to the expression and finish. A head turner. — 4 years ago

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Taplin Cellars

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Shay A

9.3

Julien Fayard, winemaker for Covert Estate, Azur, Taplin Cellars, Matthew Wallace and more, stopped by Fort Worth tonight to showcase a few different wines. A pleasure to meet and share wines with!

This was almost a clone of the Terra 9, but every facet was just turned up a notch. The mid-palate showed more complexity of fruits and spice. Huge mix of fresh raspberries, blackberries, cassis and nutmeg. Needs a 2+hr decant. — 5 years ago

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Taplin Cellars

Estate Bottled Terra 9 Cabernet Sauvignon 2014

Shay A

9.3

Julien Fayard, winemaker for Covert Estate, Azur, Taplin Cellars, Matthew Wallace and more, stopped by Fort Worth tonight to showcase a few different wines. A pleasure to meet and share wines with!

I enjoyed tasting this and the Taplin Reserve side by side. Both wines are more red and black fruit driven. The Terra 9 wins the QPR award. Lots of cherries, black cherry, dark chocolate, blackberries and mocha. This could be pop and pour, but is best with 30mins-1hr of air. — 5 years ago

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Azur

Reserve Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon Blend 2016

Julie Johnson

9.9

A dance party for my mouth — 3 years ago

Azur

California Sémillon Syrah Rosé 2017

Caleb Lytton-Jean

9.4

Very nice rose — 5 years ago

Matthew Wallace Wines

Napa Valley Cabernet Sauvignon 2015

Shay A

9.4

Julien Fayard, winemaker for Covert Estate, Azur, Taplin Cellars, Matthew Wallace and more, stopped by Fort Worth tonight to showcase a few different wines. A pleasure to meet and share wines with!

The nose on this alone had me sold. Quintessential Stag’s Leap with the deep espresso, dark chocolate, dusty aromas. Definitely some sweetness on the nose...graham cracker, smoked blueberries, and Mexican vanilla. The palate, from start to finish, is just a powerhouse of blue and black fruits mixed with baking spices, cocoa dusted dates and plum. I’d have no problem pop and pouring this. — 5 years ago

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Joshua Fisher

Met matt Hardin, proprietor,
at a wine tasting and he showed me his small label and we bought the case for Brasswood. He’s first job is viticulture

Shay A

@Joshua Fisher : This bottle is a gold mine in terms of by the bottle or by the glass. Works well either way.

Azur

Solace Napa Valley Sauvignon Blanc

Howard Greenfield

9.2

Very enjoyable — 3 years ago

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Covert Estate

Coombsville Cabernet Sauvignon 2013

Shay A

9.4

Julien Fayard, winemaker for Covert Estate, Azur, Taplin Cellars, Matthew Wallace and more, stopped by Fort Worth tonight to showcase a few different wines. A pleasure to meet and share wines with!

This was fun to taste alongside the Matthew Wallace. Two very different AVAs (this being Coombsville, MW being Stag’s Leap). Both had similarities in dark fruit being the most dominant, but this had much more “cool” fruit notes as well as stone and graphite. This wine showed an immense amount of freshly squeezed blackberries on the mid-palate with cedar and mint. At 5-years old, it still shows as a baby with the tannic finish. Long decant necessary.

I was able to visit this property back in ‘16 and the caves and tasting room and drop dead gorgeous...some of the most beautiful I’ve come across. Entire line-up is very solid. — 5 years ago

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Shay A

@Eric Shanks : The Covert line-up is strong from top to bottom, especially if you enjoy Coombsville cabs (which I think you do), but they are also not cheap. This one is $150. Their Sage Hill (Pritchard Hill) Cab is insanely good, but I think it creeps around $200...ouch. If you enjoy Julien’s wines (he also makes Purlieu and Le Pich, but I’ve had neither), then you will really enjoy these.