If you\u2019ve never heard of Saperavi, then I\u2019m possibly not alone! No, it\u2019s not a Spanish swear word, but rather a grape native to Georgia (as in the former Soviet Bloc State) and as old as the hills it grows in!<\/p>\n
I\u2019d never tried one until I recently happened upon the Massena Saperavi (2010) at a Purple Palate tasting. It\u2019s a wine with a prominent licorice and French oak nose that is so deep a shade of purple that it\u2019s almost black. The fruit is full and ripe but silkily decadent in the mouth (in a Pascall Jelly Jube kind of way). There\u2019s a ton of tannins at the back which will no doubt settle down with time, but overall, it\u2019s pretty well balanced for an \u201cexperimental\u201d wine.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s \u201cinteresting\u201d, but in a very enjoyable way as it sports all the bold jammy fruit of a Barossa Shiraz, but the dry tannic finale of a Coonawarra Cab Sauv.<\/p>\n
It\u2019s well worth looking for at less than 25 bucks a bottle!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
If you\u2019ve never heard of Saperavi, then I\u2019m possibly not alone! No, it\u2019s not a Spanish swear word, but rather a grape native to Georgia (as in the former Soviet Bloc State) and as old as the hills it grows in! I\u2019d never tried one until I recently happened upon the Massena Saperavi (2010) at…
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