Chkhaveri Rosé, Bibineishvili Wines
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Chkhaveri Rosé, Bibineishvili Wines - 2018

Item # 44582 750mL

The rare Chkhaveri grape was almost lost but it survives in Adjara. The Black Sea adjacent region of westernmost Georgia is home to Bibineishvili Wines, who work exclusively with the special variety. It is difficult to grow, and has low yields, so they source some grapes from nearby highlands. It spends one month on the skins, and has a medium structure, soaring acidity, and red berries, dried herbs, and a kiss of the sea. Pair with pork and cheese, both slathered with the region's famously spicy adjika.

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Feeling like something different? How about a rosé that's made like a red wine? Or a rosé that is structured to age beautifully? Or a varietal that's only vinified by a handful of winemakers? The Bibineishvilli Chkhaveri Rose is all that and more. This wine uses the pink-skinned Chkhaveri and gives it 30 day of maceration on the skins (that's 30 times the normal rosé skin contact). The wine thus appears dark garnet-brown in the glass like a tawny port. Sniffing the wine will gather a big bouquet of herbs, allspice, dried fig, charred cherries, and smoked paprika. The palate is dense with flavors of black cherries and dried herbs. Soft tannins are present along with a backbone of brisk acidity. The Bibineishvilli family has only been bottling commercially since 2015. This is quite a feat for such youngsters in wine.

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