Glekhuri Kisiskhevi Saperavi, Teliani 2022Vintage 2022 Size 75cl ABV 13% Tasting Note A limited harvest of 5 7 tons per hectare from this excellent site for Saperavi, Kisiskhevi. Whole bunches are hand selected before being placed into underground qvevri, where fermentation takes place for 7 9 days with selected yeasts being underground, the qvevri maintains the perfect temeperature at all times. Due to the size of the qvevri, production is limited to 6500 bottles only. Once fermentation is

The perfect stocking filler - a pack that contains a 5cl miniature of each of the main styles of Madeira

no extraction techniques are employed

) is another of these lesser known varieties that apparently have been knocking around Puglia for centuries and are only now emerging into the daylight of single varietal bottlings

with no pesticides or herbicides allowed

Open top stainless steel for the start of the fermentation then taken from the skins and moved to large oak once the initial phase is complete

Chateau de Plaisance

A toasty marmalade

On the palate is it full-bodied

working as Dirk Niepoort’s right-hand man from 2004 until leaving to set up his own label in 2012

floral and mineral nose

moreish and true to their origin

juicy and very well balanced with delicious red and dark berried fruits to the fore