Iberieli Saperavi 2021

Regular price: $27.50
Regular price
Sale price: $27.50

The Saperavi grapes for this wine are from Iberieli’s vineyard located on gently sloping alluvial slopes in the prestigious Teliani Appellation of Georgia’s famed Kakheti Valley. Vines are planted at 480-490m( ~1600feet) and soil is sandy clay loam with alluvial stones. Viticulture is wholly organic in accordance with criteria of the Natural Wine Association of Georgia.

Saperavi (‘saw-per-ah-vee’) is Georgia’s most widely-planted red grape and is an ancient indigenous variety. One of the few teinturier (red skin and flesh)varieties, it is blessed with both high tannin and acidity, and is used to make a wide range of red wines. Fresh berry and plum aromas are common, along with smoke and woodsy spice. Iberieli Saperavi is famed in Georgia and many countries of the world where it is exported.

About the Winery

Iberieli Winery has vineyards and production in two regions of Georgia; Kakheti in the East and Guria in the West. Zurab Topuridze, founder and winemaker is a co-founders of the Natural Wine Association of Georgia and, with associates and family, produces some of the very best wines in Georgia, all according to strict natural and highest quality standards.

Tasting Notes

Taste of macerated raspberries, blackberry, bell paper. Long finish with mineral sensation

Winemaker Notes

Under the meticulous watch of esteemed winemaker Zurab Topuridze, the Saperavi grapes are hand harvested and manually de-stemmed in September, co-fermented on skins with a relatively light amount of berries and only native on-grape yeast in qvevri for 2 weeks and then aged for 11 months in qvevri. Malolactic fermentation is completed naturally.

Vineyard Notes

The Saperavi grapes for this wine are from Iberieli’s vineyard located on gently
sloping alluvial slopes in the prestigious Teliani Appellation of Georgia’s famed
Kakheti Valley. Vines are planted at 480-490m( ~1600feet) and soil is sandy
clay loam with alluvial stones. Viticulture is wholly organic in accordance with
criterial of the Natural Wine Association of Georgia.

Organic fertilization.
Copper based contact fungicides and biological fungicides and insecticides (e.g. Bacillus Subtrillis);
Irrigation only if draught.
Trellis, vertical shoot positioning, grown mainly on bilateral cordons or arched canes.

Sandy clay loam with river stones (alluvium)
Slope-facing to south-east. Elevation 480-490 m

Technical Details

Winemaker(s): Zurab Topuridze
Varietal Breakdown: Saperavi (100%)
ABV: 13.5%
SO2: free 14, total 39mg/L
Fermentation: Qvevri, skin contact tradition, native yeast
Filtration/Fining: Unfiltered/Unfined
Bottles Produced: 2310

Check out our new Bundles! Sample kits for trying Amber Wines, Saperavi Wines, Holiday Selections, and Winery Selections