Red grape variety
Saperavi
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Saperavi is a red grape variety from Georgia. The getwine.am catalogue lists 2 wines from 2 wineries.
- Wines in the catalogue
- 2
- Wineries
- 2
About the variety
Saperavi is Georgia’s leading red variety, from Kakheti; both the skin and the flesh of the berry are coloured, so its wine is very dark. In Armenia it matters above all as a parent: VIVC records it as one parent of Haghtanak, bred in Armenia in 1977, and the rare Nrneni revived by MOONQ is described as a cross of Saperavi and Semenac. In our catalogue it is bottled in Armenia Wine’s Takar Red Reserve, blended with Areni from Vayots Dzor and Armavir fruit.
- Berry colour
- red
- Origin
- Georgiaper VIVC passport
- Typical tannin
- High
- Where it grows — by catalogue wines
- Armavir1 wine
- Vayots Dzor1 wine
Typical tannin of a dry wine from this variety; a given wine may differ.
What it looks like
Bunch, berries and leaf
Wines
Wines from Saperavi
Takar Red Reserve Dry
Armenia Wine
Vayots Dzor, Armavir
A dry red Armenian wine made from Saperavi and Areni. Made aged in oak barriques. As described by sources: on the nose, cherry, floral and ginger. Produced by Armenia Wine.
Saperavi Oak
Sarduri
A dry red Armenian wine made from Saperavi. As described by sources: on the nose, blackberry, plum and vanilla. Made at Sarduri.
Where the data comes from
Sources for this page
Description
Facts from ampelographic sources and the country's official registers, in our own words.
Photos
Openly licensed photographs and photos from winery websites; the source of each frame:
- Bunch on the vine · photo: Lebowskyclone / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Bunch on the vine · photo: Chingizid75 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 4.0
- Berries · Photo: winery's website, chateaukhashmi.com · Chateau Khashmi
- Bunch on the vine · photo: Doris Schneider, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof - 76833 Siebeldingen, GERMANY / VIVC, This photo can be reproduced
- Bunch on the vine · photo: Doris Schneider, Julius Kühn-Institut (JKI), Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants, Institute for Grapevine Breeding Geilweilerhof - 76833 Siebeldingen, GERMANY / VIVC, This photo can be reproduced
Typical tannin
For reference: set only when two independent sources name the level.
Origin
The variety's passport in the Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC).
Wines
Our catalogue: the grape make-up comes from the winery's site or the label.
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