Daniel M

9.0

The nose is profound and rich with black berries, dark cherries, bramble, coffee, oak, meat juice, black tea. This is a stunner! The palate is rich, broad, muscular without being vulgar. Great acid, some nice matter, dark cherries and bramble berries, coffee, a massive mid palate powering up a very long finish that starts with tannins, leaving a nice, caressing layer, coffee, black fruits and a tiny, savoury, meat juice note popping up in the rear. This is great and it's punching way above its price range (about 25 EUR or 30 USD in my favourite wine shop in Warsaw). — 5 months ago

carmen

9.8

Spicy, tannic and slightly acidic medium body Georgian red. It’s almost carbonic with notes of cherry, plum and clove — paired with jamon iberico — 7 months ago

Steven Lee

9.5

blue fruit and like napa valley — 10 months ago

John Pizza

9.1

Alisa and Jehiel at Safta — 4.1.22 — 4 years ago

John Barrett

9.2

Nice balance. Slight tang, very drinkable. — 5 years ago

Bob McDonald

9.2

Inky black in colour. Dusty and savoury. Tastes European - made from the little known and ancient Saperavi grape which originated in the former Russian state of Georgia. Ballandean Estate at Stanthorpe , the Granite Belt, have been growing Saperavi successfully for some years now. Dusty cherry/plum flavours with much savouriness. Barb loved it. — 6 years ago

Galen Hasler

8.9

Big inky historic style red. Lacks complexity. Bright acidity and perfect tannins — 6 years ago

Alex Mutch

9.0

juicy red fruit, a little funk, dry earthy finish — 5 months ago

ESF

9.2

Georgia on my mind — 6 months ago

ESF

8.9

Go Georgia! bit rustic & simplistic but enjoyable, juicy lively lot of acidity w/this varietal - had a bit of that squirrelliness but ultimately behaves itself. dark fruit & flavors, herbaceous, lot of flavors packed into a neat lil package — 8 months ago

Mark S.

8.9

Deep cherry red. Blue and black berry. Oak. Concentration. Fruitiness M+ Sweetness M Acidity M Tannin M Soft Body M+ Finish M Purcari Freedom Blend Bastardo blend 21 @4481, Dmar, 250420-251123 — a year ago

Joe Hakim

9.4

Incredible value! Paired well with a rainy day. Clove studded tart cherries. — 5 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 — 6 years ago

Chip Habegger

8.9

Dark and juicy. Lots of cherry and then raspberry and black current. Not very tannic—hits on the inside of the cheeks vs gums. While the initial flavor profile is nice I would like more depth and complexity. — 6 months ago

John Bjorklund

9.3

This is a great semi-sweet Georgian wine. And not too sweet. Thank goodness. Big fruits, and tannic. — 6 months ago

Ben Wald

9.0

Thanksgiving in a bottle. Just cranberry density roasted goodness. — 9 months ago

Megan Fenlon

9.0

Surprised by this wine. Good balance. Flavor profile reminds me of a pinot noir. — a year 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. — 5 years ago

Elizabeth Gardner

9.0

More interesting than the average kindz. — 6 years ago

Cameron Wright

10

Dry, full bodied, with that stick in your mouth finish that is heady but not overwhelming. Notes of dark fruits, inky and earthy in the mouth. The polish of french oak combines well with the earthy characteristics which are a trademark of Georgian wine — 6 years ago