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GOTSA
FIRST BIRTHDAY
FORTIFIED SEMI SWEET RED FIELD BLEND
VINTAGE: 2015
LOCATION: Kvemo Kartli, Asureti Valley
VINEYARD: Located near the Algeti Nature Preserve
SOIL COMPOSITION: Mixed volcanic basalt and volcanic clays
PREVAILING CLIMATE & LOCAL CLIMACTIC: Continental climate - hot days, cold nights
FARMING OF VINEYARD: Demeter Certified
GRAPE COMPOSITION: All 15 varieties planted
HARVEST: 9.19.2015; by hand
MACERATION: 1 week maceration
FERMENTATION/AGING: fermented and aged in qvevri, added to used barrels and fortified, aged for 2 years and then aged for 2 additional years in qvevri
FINING & FILTRATION: none
BOTTLED: 4.20.19;
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 2000
FORTIFIED, SEMI SWEET, SOMETHING BETWEEN BANYULS, PORT AND MADEIRA.
FORTIFIED, SEMI SWEET, SOMETHING BETWEEN BANYULS, PORT AND MADEIRA.
VINTAGE: 2015
LOCATION: Kvemo Kartli, Asureti Valley
VINEYARD: Located near the Algeti Nature Preserve
SOIL COMPOSITION: Mixed volcanic basalt and volcanic clays
PREVAILING CLIMATE & LOCAL CLIMACTIC: Continental climate - hot days, cold nights
FARMING OF VINEYARD: Demeter Certified
GRAPE COMPOSITION: All 15 varieties planted
HARVEST: 9.19.2015; by hand
MACERATION: 1 week maceration
FERMENTATION/AGING: fermented and aged in qvevri, added to used barrels and fortified, aged for 2 years and then aged for 2 additional years in qvevri
FINING & FILTRATION: none
BOTTLED: 4.20.19;
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 2000
FORTIFIED, SEMI SWEET, SOMETHING BETWEEN BANYULS, PORT AND MADEIRA.
FORTIFIED, SEMI SWEET, SOMETHING BETWEEN BANYULS, PORT AND MADEIRA.
2015 was the first harvest from the vineyard of 14 Georgian varieties that Beka and his family planted in 2012. The yield was not enough to vinify varieties independently so from 5 hectares they made a few thousand liters of this special field blend. The wine was fermented in qvevri, spent some time in old used barrels where it was fortified. Later it was moved back into qvevri. Even after fortification the wine fermented slowly protecting it from oxidation and resulting in something that is at once dry and sweet. Something festive and new, perfect to share along with a cake or a sweetened pate.
