Taraboste Tribut Saperavi, 2017
Explore the Taraboste Tribut Saperavi that will surprise you with its elegance and freshness, balanced and fruity. Full-bodied wine with dark ruby color, rich in black fruits, smooth and enjoyable!
About this wine
Wine Style:
Red wine - A full-bodied red wine with dark ruby color, complex body, balanced acidity with smooth tannins.
Tasting Notes:
Complex body with hints of black currant and ripe cherries, as well as notes of roasted coffee, tobacco and spices. On the palate, juicy blackberries, cherries, dried plums, pomegranate peel, and black tea flavors. Pleasant astringency and lively acidity.
Gastronomy:
This wine can be paired with almost everything from pâté, potatoes fried with ham, cheese to sausage, fried saucisson, spaghetti, red kidney beans, salads, sandwiches or cold meats.
Vineyards:
15,8ha with common clay chernoziom, moderate-continental with warm-dry weather, South-facing vineyards.
Maturation:
22 months in French oak barriques, 8 more months in bottle
Winemaking process:
The grapes were hand-picked in October 2017 in the sun-ripened Budjak steppe of southern Moldova. After temperature-controlled fermentation in steel tanks, the wine spent 22 months in French oak barrels and eight more months in bottle. Saperavi, originally from Georgia, is a rare teinturier grape: its flesh, not just its skin, is red.
Interesting notes:
Gold medal in IWCB, Romania 2020 Gold medal in Galicja Vitis, Poland 2021 Silver medal in Mundus Vini, Germany 2020 Silver medal in Decanter, Great Britain 2020 Bronze in IWSC, Great Britain 2020
Vinoteka's note
Saperavi, the great red grape of Georgia, grown in southern Moldova. Juicy blackberry, cherry, dried plum, pomegranate peel and black tea on the nose. The palate is full and enveloping, with a pleasant grip and lively acidity. Pour it with roast lamb or pork.
Written by the Vinoteka team from the producer's technical sheet.
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