The Kakhetian village Khashmi is home to the best Saperavi in Georgia. The Jackeli vineyard is nestled 760 m above sea level with a South west orientation, in the foothills of Tsiv-Gombori mountain range of the Caucuses, surrounded by field flowers, Blackberries, sea buckthorn and sweetbriar. The unique combination of alluvial carbonic limestone soils and the local climate produce intense, dark, rich, full-bodied wine made from the endemic Saperavi grown in their never irrigated vineyard, handpicked, sorted and macerated for 1 month. It is then aged for an additional year or more before being bottled. It reflects its environment and the local flora and fauna. The texture and structure of the wine is as intricate as the aromas and the wine is most deserving of a long decanting or slow consumption over many days. While Saperavi is today as well known as any Georgian variety this example belongs next to the greatest of wines, regardless of place or sort, an upper echelon of expression.