Teliani Valley Winery 97 Saperavi Codega

Teliani Valley Winery 97 Saperavi CodegaSaperavi is often compared to Malbec, Cabernet Franc and even Gamay depending on how it is made. In this case we are firmly in Malbec territory a strikingly deep purple colour, bright and juicy with fresh crunchy dark berry flavours and perfectly balanced acidity. There has been a winery in the village since the 1800s and to ensure that this long history of winemaking continued, Teliani Valley was established in the 1990s by a group of enthusiastic

Harvested when phenolic maturity and acidity reached equilibrium

The palate will become fuller

The smoldering spice from oak-aged casks makes for a powerful and lingering smokiness

The year 1996 is to become a year that will go down in Champagne’s history books

while the remaining 20% was aged in French oak barriques

Well structured with fine tannins and lightly spicy oak

rocky soil

intervention is minimal

above the schistous slopes of the village of Séguret

de-stemmed and pressed

with the balance from the dry grown Clayridge vineyard in the Omaka Valley – both clay based hillside blocks with scattered clonal plantings

with a nine hectare wildlife reserve and ecosystem preservation efforts