Telavi Marani Kondoli Saperavi 2019
Ask a random Georgian in the streets of Tbilisi about the best winery in his country and chances are high he will say Telavi Marani Wine Cellar. This ambitious wine house has been producing high quality wines in an international style for years.
| Country | Georgia |
| Region | Kakheti |
| Wine maker | Telavi Marani Wine Cellar |
| Grape varieties | Saperavi |
| Terroir | Estate owned single vineyard wine. Kondoli vineyards. The climate here is temperate, tending to subtropical, with hot summers and moderate winters. The bottom consists of brown earth and old river deposits. |
| Harvest method | Handpicked. |
| Yield per hectare | 7 tons per hectare. |
| Vinification | This is a single vineyard wine from the Kondoli region. The vineyard is 'green harvested' (the less good grapes are removed) in August to artificially reduce the grape yield and increase the quality and concentration of the remaining fruit. At the end of September, the grapes were harvested by hand, sorted by hand, destemmed and crushed for further fermentation. This took place in 225 l oak barriques with open lids. After the 20-day maceration, the wine was transferred to closed oak barriques for malolactic fermentation and aging for 12 months. The wine is only coarse filtration and after bottling it was aged for 6 months in the bottle before being released. |
| Impression | Deep dark red. Powerful aroma of blackberries and bay leaf. Full bodied. Cedarwood, cherry, blackcurrant, blackberry and laurel liquorice. Complex met veel lengte. Tannin. Good acids keep it drinkable. |