Wine Askaneli Brothers, "Dora" Saperavi Qvevri
Reviews of purchase Askaneli Brothers, "Dora" Saperavi Qvevri
Tasting Notes
Wine rich garnet color with purple shades.
Powerful and juicy taste of the wine reveals notes of black berries, hints of spices and herbs, nuances of earth and minerals. It has a refreshing acidity, velvety, complex tannins and a fascinating aftertaste.
The aromatic bouquet of the wine is complex, elegant, with hints of ripe cherry berries, nuances of vanilla, cardamom, tobacco, rosemary, cinnamon, vanilla and dried clay.
The wine will make an excellent pair of sliced hard and aged cheeses, red meat or game with aromatic spices.
Interesting Facts
Askaneli Brothers, "Dora" Saperavi Qvevri is a dry red wine, for the preparation of which the producer uses Saperavi grapes grown in the vineyards of Kakheti. Harvesting is carried out in mid-September. The grapes are harvested in the first half of the day, while the soil of the vineyards is dry and after only one hour, squeeze out the wort and place the resulting wort in kvevri (a clay jug without handles, resembling an amphora) along with the skin, bones and stems. The fermentation process takes about 30 days, followed by fermentation with squeeze. In the middle of March, the wort is separated from the cake and poured into new kvevri, which are sealed and buried in the ground until the end of May.
Askaneli brothers, "Dora" Saperavi Kvevri was awarded the following awards:
- Gold medal at the Asia Wine & Spirits Awards in 2017;
- a silver medal at the Decanter Asia Wine Awards in 2017;
- silver medal at the International Wine Challenge in 2018.
Producer's description
The company "Askaneli Brothers" is the largest cohort of Georgian producers of alcoholic beverages. Having started its history back in 1880, today the company is actively developing, implementing their products in the UK, Germany, China, Latvia, Poland, Lithuania, Finland, Ukraine, Czech Republic and other countries. The company is considered the ancestor of Antimoe Chkhaidze, who at the end of the XX century has laid its first wine cellar in the village of Asuka, in western Georgia. He created the wine enjoyed success not only in Georgia, but also abroad - even then its products exported to Western Europe.
Today, "Brothers Askaneli" - a successful company, which employs the best Georgian winemakers and wine used in creating advanced technology. The best grapes are selected for quality, variety and growing areas to get to the table of the consumer in the form of fine Georgian wine. In addition to the 32 names of wine company produces 12 kinds of cognac, 4 species of Georgian vodka (chacha). All products are created according to modern technology and are necessary and strict quality control.
