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This Gurjaani winery won a bronze medal for its 2017 and a silver-medal for its 2014 – though I scored the two wines equally, and am reviewing this qvevri-fermented 2017 on the basis of wider potential availability. It’s a dense, dark, saturated black-purple in colour, sweet and warm in scent with blackcurrant, black cherry and citrus perfumes: outstanding aromatics here, fragrant and fine. It’s deep, dark, pure and searching on the palate, with lots of cool, electric acidity and ample fine-grained tannins behind the plunging, bracing blackcurrant fruits. It's an excellent, vigorous, forthright, pure-flavoured wine. The 2014, by the way, has even more floral charm and an elegant, poised palate – a fine choice for those who find other ambitious Saperavi wines over-assertive or over-characterful.

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Kakhuri Gvinis Marani, Qvevri Saperavi, Kakheti, Georgia, 2017

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This Gurjaani winery won a bronze medal for its 2017 and a silver-medal for its 2014 – though I scored the two wines equally, an

Kakhuri Gvinis Marani, Qvevri Saperavi, Kakheti, 2017

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