| Type | Red wine |
|---|---|
| Region | |
| Grapes | |
| Producer | |
| Allergens | Contains sulfites |
| Alcohol contenti | 14.0% |
Spec sheet
The wine
100% Saperavi from vineyards lying at an altitude of 480 metres, 50% destemmed and macerated with skins for a month. Fermented in qvevri (amphorae sunk into the ground) with native yeasts and aged in the same containers for nine months.
Thus, the Pheasant's Tears Saperavi is an intense and earthy wine, with aromas of blackberries, ripe blackcurrants and toasted almonds, with an elegant tannic structure and very good acidity. Having a spicy and slightly dry finish.
NOTE: The Saperavi, the most popular red grape in Georgia, has such an impenetrable colour that it's called black in Georgian. Even the pulp of the berries is coloured and all that pigment is conveyed to the wines.
Drinking and storing
Serve between 14ºC and 16ºC
Food pairing
Red meats / Oven-cooked game meat / Roast suckling pig
Customer reviews
The winery
Pheasant's Tears
Despite the fact that the people of Georgia were among the first humans to make wine, in present times their wines rarely cross national borders and those of neighbouring countries such as Russia. Georgia possesses an enviable wine-producing heritage, with points to note including the 35 authorised varieties (the majority being indigenous) and the use of ancestral winemaking techniques such as ageing the wine in qvevri, earthenware vessels sealed with beeswax and buried below...
