93 Points
Wine & Spirits Magazine
Tsolikouri 2020
Baia's Wine
A vineyard selection of Tsolikouri by young woman winemaker Baia Abuladze, her sister Gvantsa, and her brother Giorgi.
The west of Georgia is very humid. Accordingly, its indigenous varieties all tend to have higher acidity to survive the climate. Tsolikouri is the most-planted grape in the western region of Imereti and the single grape of which Baia has planted the most. All the fruit is estate-grown in the village of Obcha, hand picked, and hand sorted. After destemming the wine is pressed and put into qvevri with partial skin contact and fermentation starts spontaneously.
92 Points
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Saperavi 2019
Orgo
The 2019 Orgo Saperavi represents a true elegance of a balanced Saperavi. This wine is made from 80 year old vines. The wine is fermented and aged in Qvevri (Large clay jars). Gogi and Temuri Dakishvili source the grapes from Kurdgelauri and Tsinandali villages in the Telavi district, on the right bank of the Alazani River. 2019 is Orgo's eighth vintage and it was a good growing year. It's style is robust, yet smooth with more refined tannin structure. Approximately 12,000 bottles of the 2019 Saperavi were produce. It is a one of a kind old vine Saperavi.
91 Points
Wine Enthusiast
Kindzmarauli
Teliani Valley
Kindzmarauli (Kinz-mah-rah-oo-lee) is one of the most well-known Georgian wines given its popularity in the Soviet period. Many American wine-drinkers are put off by the word "sweet" but this authentic naturally semi-sweet wine has been making American converts for the last decade. Kindzmarauli is sweet but not too sweet because it is made from a tannic and complex grape varietal, Saperavi. The characteristics of the Saperavi grape lend balance to the sugar resulting in a well structured wine great for pairings.
91 Points
Wine & Spirits Magazine
Mtsvane 2013
Shalauri Cellars
This 2013 Mtsvane is one of this special wines that once you try it you never forget it. This Mtsvane shows you a new elegance of the the qvevri style Mtsvane. Shalauri Wine Cellars sources their Mtsvane grapes from the Kistauri zone of Kakheti region. This artisanal wine is produced by the traditional Qvevri Method -- an 8,000 year old uniquely Georgian that utilizes a huge clay jar, Qvevri, buried underneath the ground to allow wine fermentation and aging in an even, naturally cool condition. This wine sees extended skin contact, 6 months, in the case of the Mtsvane, and low interference in the vilification process.