2018 Saperavi Grand Reserve

This alluring and deep wine has aromas of plum, blackberry, and crisp fall leaves.  It's soft on the palate and has flavors of bright red berries, cherries, raspberries, black raspberry and cassis.  These fruit flavors are balanced with smoke, spice, and earth tones. A deep and soulful wine that lingers nicely on the palate.  Enjoy now by decanting for a few hours or cellar for the next 5-15 years.   

Harvest: October 10, 2018. 8.24 tons. 21 brix, 11.3 g/l TA,  3.15 pH

Treatment: Destemmed, crushed, 6 day fermentation at 66-76 degrees. 100% malolactic fermentation. Transferred to American
oak on January 16, 2019 and aged 38 months.

Current stats: 7.1 g/l TA, 3.54 pH, 0.6% residual sugar, 12.8% alcohol. 192 cases produced.