Discover the best wines made with Saperavi as a single variety or as a blend of Кубань. Анапа.
Deeply coloured, powerful reds with inky robe (teinturier grape with red flesh) and tight tannins, with intense aromas of blackberry, blackcurrant, black plum, spices, leather and balsamic notes. High acidity and fine ageing potential. Often made by the ancestral qvevri method (buried clay jar), it signs the great Georgian reds of Kakheti (Mukuzani, Kvareli, Napareuli). Also in Russia, Ukraine and Australia. Ancient Georgian variety.
Russian sub-region of Kuban around Anapa on the Black Sea (Bordeaux latitude), semi-arid Mediterranean climate. Chalk, limestone, schist soils. Signature reds firm Cabernet Sauvignon (blackcurrant, cedar, tobacco), supple Merlot (plum, cherry), dense native Krasnostop (black mulberry, spice), fleshy Tsimlansky. Adapted Rhône Grenache and Viognier.
