Villa Mosavali Saperavi Reserve

Description

Villa Mosavali Saperavi Reserve is a Georgian red wine made from 100% Saperavi grapes. It is a dry style of red wine.

The Mosavali Winery has been producing wine since 2018. The winery owns vineyards, totalling around 40 hectares, in some of the best wine-growing regions of Georgia including Kakheti and Kartli. The winery itself is located in the village of Akhalubani in the Mtskheta Municipality of eastern Georgia.

Villa Mosavili focuses on blending ancient Georgian winemaking traditions with contemporary practices. They use “qvevri” (large clay vessels buried underground) for fermenting and ageing wine, a method that dates back over 8,000 years. They also produce wines using stainless steel and oak barrels to offer a diverse range of styles. As well as a winery the site also features a hotel, bars and three restaurants, including one Western and one Georgian, where visitors can enjoy the wines.

The company cultivates several grape varietals (including Saperavi, Rkatsitel and Goruli Mtsvane) across diverse soils with varying levels of sun exposure. In addition to traditional wines, they also produce fortified wines, the Georgian spirit Chacha, and a Georgian brandy. Annual production is around 100,000 bottles. The grapes are harvested by hand and placed in small trays, ensuring that they arrive at the winery in the best condition and as soon as possible. The wines are aged in cellars at a depth of 4 metres which provides the perfect temperature and humidity for ageing wine.

The Saperavi grapes for this wine come from a vineyard located in the Gurjaani region from the villages of Bakurtsikhe (350 metres above sea level) and Kvemo-Kedi (730 metres above sea level). All vineyard work is performed manually and the grapes are harvested by hand. The wine is made using modern European wine-making techniques and is aged in French oak barrels and blended from 58% grapes from Bakurtsikhe and 42% grapes from Kvemo-Kedi.