Saperavi is an old Gerogian grape, possibly the oldest, dating back to 5000BC. It is a teinturier grape, in that unlike other red or black grapes with colourless juice, its juice is red. (Other teinturier grapes have lighter coloured juice, say pink.) Saperavi wines are reputedly long-lived, up to fifty years. Of course I never waited for anything like as long. It was a nice slightly rustic wine, which could have matured into something quite impressive, had I the patience to wait rather a few more years.
Friday, 11 March 2011
Unfamiliar wine in a strange container
Saperavi is an old Gerogian grape, possibly the oldest, dating back to 5000BC. It is a teinturier grape, in that unlike other red or black grapes with colourless juice, its juice is red. (Other teinturier grapes have lighter coloured juice, say pink.) Saperavi wines are reputedly long-lived, up to fifty years. Of course I never waited for anything like as long. It was a nice slightly rustic wine, which could have matured into something quite impressive, had I the patience to wait rather a few more years.
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