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Type: Red Wine
Country: Georgia
Region: Kakheti
Code: VISM001
A powerful and complex wine produced from the super-hero grape variety that is Saperavi, also described as the Malbec of the Caucasus.

Specification

Type
Red Wine
Producer
GWS
Vintage
2020
Country
Georgia
Size
75cl
Region
Kakheti
Main Grapes
Saperavi
Area
Napareuli
Grape Mix
100%
Body
Rich, bold and robust
Genre
Practising Organic
ABV
13.5%
Drinking Window
Drink now through to 2025
Closure Type
Cork
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Producer

GWS

GWS is one of Georgia’s most important and internationally recognized wineries, based in the Kakheti region in the east of the country, where the Saperavi grape is at its best. Owning over 400 ha of vines, it is under the tightly controlled and exceptionally professional stewardship of Philippe Lespy, formerly Head Viticulturist at Château Mouton-Rothschild in Bordeaux for over eight years. GWS produces wonderfully expressive <...

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Tasting Notes

A complex and aromatic bouquet, notes of black cherry and cassis and an underlay of vanilla. Powerful and complex, there is a delicious Malbec like black fruit and olive fruit seam, carried by a super ripe tannin structure.

Food Matches

Perfect as a pairing for red meats and game dishes.

Vinification

Macerated at 8-10°C for up to 5 days, fermented at 26-30°C using cultural yeasts, followed by Malolactic fermentation and ageing in barrel for more than 20 months.

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