SAPERAVI RESERVE DEKANOZISHVILI

Saperavi and Shavkapito grapes are harvested, then they are sorted to avoid them from damaged berries, and then spread on sheets for drying. Grapes lose 30-40% of their weight in one month of drying, and structural changes occur in grains.

Then there is a seepage with Otskhanuri Sapere, and the squeezed juice of all three grape varieties is poured into “qvevri” - an earthenware jug buried in the ground. The fermentation process occurs under conditions of slow fermentation and lasts 1 month.

During the fermentation process, throughout this period, chacha (pulp) is mixed several times a day by manual labor.

Fermented wine is sealed and stored in qvevri - a jug, for 1 year, where the wine rests - the process when the formation and harmonization takes place. The wine is then transferred to oak barrels and aged (stored) for a long time. Formed wine is bottled, where it continues to acquire and refine its final character.

Country : Georgia

Category : Qvevri wine

Wine-growing region : Kakheti

Grape variety : Saperavi 70% | Otskhanuri Sapere 20% | Shavkapito 10%

Vol : 0.75 L.

Alc. : 14.5%

Aged: Aged in oak barrel for 2 years