John Hagood

8.9

From Howard via Dave 4/18/2025. — 3 months ago

Vitaly Domnenko

9.1

Bm+. Tm. Am. Fm+. — 9 months ago

John Pizza

9.1

Alisa and Jehiel at Safta — 4.1.22 — 3 years ago

Dr.Meandor

9.3

Terrific tenderness of close maturity! Elegant, silky, inspiring, soft, gorgeous representative of the style!
100%Saperavi harvested from best plots with controlled yield. Vinified with pigeage. MLF on pulp. Aged 1yr in Caucasian oak.

Dark cherry red, (pale) crimson rim.
Seducing bouquet of purple lilac, violets, huckleberry juice, campfire, prune, light whiff of barnyard, pine forest, blackberry, smoked tkemali plum, leather boots, hibiscus broth, old wood stump, peat, laurel, whiff of gore, black cherry jam, tobacco leaf, basil, curd, iodine, pome churchkhela, cinnamon pie, dried lavender, cappuccino.
Extremely rounded, silky and super-friendly palate. Medium(+) body, perfectly integrated acidity, gentle/polished tannins. Black gooseberry, blackberry, warm oak, blueberry, tobacco, earth, black currant jam, chokeberry jam, touch of milky chocolate.
Smoothly obducing and persistent finish of dried raspberry, black cherry, black currant jam, mocha and some gentle spices.
Paired fillet minion as well as lamb shovel baked with herbs.
93/100 — 5 years ago

Megan Fenlon

9.0

Surprised by this wine. Good balance. Flavor profile reminds me of a pinot noir. — 3 months ago

Philip Patston

9.2

You never know what you will get with wines from lesser known places. But Georgia has been a wine making country for hundreds and even thousands of years. Saperevi is a signature grape from there and other parts of Eastern Europe. It can be rather intense but this version is super refined, smooth and tasty. Really worth seeking out. — 10 months ago

Chip Habegger

9.0

2016 vintage is superior, but the value is still here. 2017 leans more toward leather with deep fruits (blackcurrant, plum) playing more of a secondary role. +.1 for an amazing pairing with steak. — 4 years ago

Randy Fuller

9.3

This wine is a brilliant purple in the glass. Its nose smells like blueberry, blackberry and currant, as sweet as you think fruit should be. The palate offers a semi-sweet taste, full fruit flavors, with a racy acidity and a firm set of tannins. This wine will pair well with a meat dish, particularly pork or ham. It's not a bad choice for the holiday meal, either. — 8 months ago

David Shaw

9.1

My first wine I’ve ever tasted from Moldova. Jancis Robinson reviewed it in Financial Times January 27 2023. Tasting and decanting now… purple, very good clarity. Aromas of leather (wood) and strawberry, flavors of strawberry and cherry with wood, light to moderate seed and skin tannins on finish. Light bodied but solid tannin structure. Needs at least 60 minutes to decant. 24 hours later, tasting really well, some real character. A worthy red table wine — 2 years ago

Joe Hakim

9.4

Incredible value! Paired well with a rainy day. Clove studded tart cherries. — 4 years ago