Bedoba Saperavi Reserve 2021
£19.25
The wine
Bedoba’s Reserve comes from old Saperavi vines around the village of Kvareli, planted in 1984. Naturally fermented in qvevri with indigenous yeasts, then matured in amphorae and Burgundy oak for a layered, refined expression.
Dark and brooding, it layers black fruit with wild mountain herbs, floral notes and gentle spice, the texture silky and the finish long, with fine minerality. A serious, ageworthy Georgian red. Serve with roast lamb, game and slow-cooked beef.
The producer
Bedoba
View all Bedoba winesGeorgia is the cradle of wine, with eight thousand years of unbroken winemaking, and Bedoba carries that heritage proudly. Its name means “day of luck”, and the wines come from Kakheti, the country’s historic heartland, where cellars on the estate date back to 1737.
The focus is Saperavi, Georgia’s great indigenous red, grown on old vines in the Kvareli and Kindzmarauli appellations along the Duruji valley. Black-shale soils and the cool slopes of the Caucasus lend the wines their fresh acidity and supple tannins.
Winemakers Nugzar Ksovreli and Thierry Fontannaz marry the ancient and the modern, fermenting in traditional qvevri amphorae alongside stainless steel and oak. The range spans a deep, spicy Saperavi, an old-vine Reserve, and a textural amber wine from Rkatsiteli and Kisi.
Authentic, characterful and quietly thrilling, these are wines that tell the story of the world’s oldest wine culture.
