2019 Vinous Obscura 'Paint, Dye, Give Color' 100% Saperavi
This wine is the 2nd ever release of Saperavi on the West Coast. Planted to the 4 available Saperavi clones in the USA (the 5th will bear fruit in the next few years), these vines are an important part of our exotic grapes vineyard. I’ve traveled to the Republic of Georgia multiple times and have made lasting friendships with the countries top winemakers. This wine is dedicated to them. Their wine culture continues to be an inspiration. More grapes came online for vintage 2019, so we were able to make more. For those that missed purchasing the few cases of our inaugural release, we should have enough to go around this vintage.
This wine is the 2nd ever release of Saperavi on the West Coast. Planted to the 4 available Saperavi clones in the USA (the 5th will bear fruit in the next few years), these vines are an important part of our exotic grapes vineyard. I’ve traveled to the Republic of Georgia multiple times and have made lasting friendships with the countries top winemakers. This wine is dedicated to them. Their wine culture continues to be an inspiration. More grapes came online for vintage 2019, so we were able to make more. For those that missed purchasing the few cases of our inaugural release, we should have enough to go around this vintage.
This wine is the 2nd ever release of Saperavi on the West Coast. Planted to the 4 available Saperavi clones in the USA (the 5th will bear fruit in the next few years), these vines are an important part of our exotic grapes vineyard. I’ve traveled to the Republic of Georgia multiple times and have made lasting friendships with the countries top winemakers. This wine is dedicated to them. Their wine culture continues to be an inspiration. More grapes came online for vintage 2019, so we were able to make more. For those that missed purchasing the few cases of our inaugural release, we should have enough to go around this vintage.
GEORGIAN GRAPE x OREGON AMPHORAE
This wine is the 2nd commercial release of Saperavi on the West Coast. Planted to the 4 available Saperavi clones in the USA (the 5th will bear fruit in the next few years) these vines are an important part of our exotic grapes vineyard. I’ve traveled to the Republic of Georgia multiple times and have made lasting friendships with the countries top winemakers. This wine is dedicated to all of my brothers and sisters in that beautiful country. Their wine culture continues to leave a lastly inspiration on me. I’m thankful for their support and love.
WINE INFO
APPELLATION: Columbia Gorge AVA
WINE TYPE: Black
VINTAGE: 2019
GRAPE: 100% Saperavi
ESTATE GROWN: No, purchased grapes
VINEYARD SOURCE: REDACTED Vineyard
VINEYARD AGE: 7 years old
DRY FARMED: No, still young vines
OWN ROOTED: Yes
SOIL TYPE: Basalt, River Sedimentary, Loess
ELEVATION: 800 ft (244 m)
HARVEST DATE: October 6th, 2019
HARVEST METHOD: Hand Harvested
BRIX @ HARVEST: 22.3
pH @ HARVEST: 3.41
SKIN CONTACT: 20 days in NOVUM 🏺
CHAPTALIZATION: Never
ACIDIFICATION: Never
FERMENTATION: Ambient Yeast
MATURATION VESSEL: 390L NOVUM 🏺
ALCOHOL (by volume): 13.50%
SULFUR DIOXIDE (SO₂): 7 mg/L
ACIDITY SCALE (pH): 3.72 pH
TOTAL ACIDITY: 5.8 g/L
FINING AGENT: Unfined (Vegan)
FILTRATION: Unfiltered
BOTTLE SIZE: 750ml
CLOSURE TYPE: FineCorkX (99.99% TCA Free)
PRODUCTION: 124 cases
RELEASE DATE: November 1st, 2020
This wine was bottled in 🇺🇸 made glass, with a cork from 🇮🇹 and a label that was designed and printed in the 🇺🇸 .
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