georgian wines
Akhasheni

KAKHETI viticulture region. 100% Akhasheni Specific Viticulture area, north facing bank of Alazani River.

CATEGORY: An appellation controlled;

GRAPE VARIETY: Saperavi 100%

WINE TYPE: Medium sweet vintage red.

COLOR: Dark red;

TASTE: The rich and complex bouquet, with fresh notes of blackberries, cherry and liquorices
PALATE: Mouth-filling black fruit on the palate with notes of damson. The palate is finished with rounded, creamy, sweet and well balanced aftertaste.

MANUFACTURING PROCEDURE: Grapes are hand-picked at the optimum of their maturity. Soft de-stemming and crushing is followed by fermentation at controlled temperature (23-28°C) in stainless steel tanks. Wine is fermented using the cultural yeast strains. Skin and cap management is performed by délestage and remontage. After 5-7 days of maceration, when usually the desired level of residual sugar is reached, fermentation is stopped by cooling, in order to retain the natural sweetness and freshness of the wine Afterwards wine is kept cold around 0°C, before the bottling.

TASTE WITH: Fruits, sweets and desserts.

Alc. 10,5 – 12%