2017 Okro's Wines Saperavi Budeshuri

Community Tasting Notes (3) Median Score: 91 points

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  3/3/2023 - JohnMontague Does not like this wine: 60 Points

  This is literally the worst bottle of wine I’ve ever had. Tastes like foie gras, which sounds much better than it is. Undrinkable, and it wasn’t flawed. Tried multiple bottles, all with similar results.

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  9/3/2019 - forceberry wrote: 92 Points

  Made from non-teinturier Saperavi variety, Saperavi Budeshuri, sourced from the Alazani valley. Vinified in kvevris with a completely hands-off method, macerated for 2 weeks with the skins, no sulfites used at any point. 11,8% alcohol.
  
  Luminous, somewhat translucent and quite youthful blackish cherry red color with a pink raspberry rim. Brooding, sweet-toned nose of very ripe raspberries, some ripe red apples, a little bit of raspberry, light boysenberry tones and a hint of blueberry jam. The appley note makes the nose feel more like a dark rosé than a classic red wine. The wine is dry, medium-bodied and juicy on the palate with slightly extracted feel yet coming across youthful and quite crunchy with clean, vibrant flavors of chokeberries, wild forest fruits, some blueberries, a little bit of of brambly black raspberry, a hint of stony minerality and a lifted touch of VA. The structure relies mostly on the high acidity than on the tannins that feel quite ripe, round and easy for a Saperavi. The medium-to-moderately long finish is gently grippy with juicy flavors of tart and crunchy forest fruits, some black raspberries, a little bit of crunchy cranberry and a subtly acetic hint of VA.
  
  A bright, fresh and fine-tuned Saperavi that is very crunchy and approachable - even relatively delicate - for the variety, which most likely stems from the fact that this is not the classic Saperavi the Kakheti wines are known for. Despite the subtly volatile character, the wine is very clean in style with wonderfully easy-drinking overall character yet with good air of seriousness to it. Even though the wine is from the extreme end of the naturalist spectrum, it is remarkably pure with no noticeable funk. Most likely it can develop in a cellar, but unlike some kvevri Saperavi wines, the wine really doesn't require any further aging to be enjoyable. Nice!

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  6/6/2019 - peternelson wrote: 91 Points

  Very good Saperavi Budeshuri clone, excellent, at winery.

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