Chelti Estateსაფერავი (Saperavi)
Red wine
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Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the საფერავი (Saperavi) of Chelti Estate in the region of Kakheti often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit.
Details and technical informations about Chelti Estate's საფერავი (Saperavi).
Discover the grape variety: Saperavi
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of საფერავი (Saperavi) from Chelti Estate are 2015, 2018, 2017, 2009 and 2011.
Informations about the Chelti Estate
The Chelti Estate is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 26 wines for sale in the of Kakheti to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Kakheti
Cradle of amber and orange wines, vinified in qvevri (buried clay jars, UNESCO). Skin-macerated Rkatsiteli whites: signature notes of dried apricot, walnut, honey, orange peel and black tea, fine tannins and controlled oxidation. Deep, tinctorial Saperavi reds with black fruit, plum, spice and firm tannins, age-worthy. Also Mtsvane and Kisi in white, fresh and floral.
The word of the wine: AOC
Appellation d'origine contrôlée. The most prestigious category of French wines created in the 1930s on the basis of quality criteria defined by a geographical delimitation, a chosen grape variety and precise production rules.
