GOTSA: 2020 TAVKVERI
DRY REDISH WINE
VINTAGE: 2020
LOCATION: Kvemo Kartli, Asureti Valley
VINEYARD: Located near the Algeti Nature Preserve
SOIL COMPOSITION OF VINEYARD(S): Mixed volcanic basalt and volcanic clays
PREVAILING CLIMATE & LOCAL CLIMACTIC: Continental climate - hot days, cold nights
FARMING OF VINEYARD: Demeter Certified
GRAPE COMPOSITION: Tavkveri
HARVEST: 9.19.2020; by hand
MACERATION: destemmed, overnight on the skins free run juice into qvevri
FERMENTATION/AGING: fermented and aged in qvevri
FINING & FILTRATION: none
BOTTLED: 3.27.22;
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 4000
Tavkveri "the mad king of Kartli", a red grape endemic to Gotsa's region, Tavkveri grows well in clay and sandy soils. It is typically interplanted with other varieties as it is non-hemaphrididic and cannot self pollinate. Tavkveri is appropriate for many styles of production; sparkling, still and sometimes sweet. Beka makes a sparkling version in addition to this classical still dry example medium bodied, dry and low in tannins with aromas of fruit punch, cedar, licorice and wash rind cheese. Just a night on the skins then free run juice into clay. Bottled a year later. This is the Gotsa wine we drink the most of...