Marani Saperavi BIO

Name: Marani Saperavi BIO
Brand: Telavi Wine Cellar

Telavi Wine Cellar · Marani

SilverInternational Wine & Spirit Competition 2019 SilverInternational Wine & Spirit Competition 2012 GoldENOEXPO 2022

Appellation of Kindzmarauli: a dry red wine from Saperavi. Made using the European method; 8 days of skin maceration. Alcohol 14%. According to the winery: 12 months of ageing. Sources note blackberry, blackcurrant and prune on the nose. Produced by Telavi Wine Cellar, a large producer with its own vineyards.

Style attributes

Color: Red
Tannin: No data
Sweetness: Dry
Aging vessel: No data
Technology: European
Technology: 8 days of skin maceration
Alcohol: 14%

Grape varieties: Saperavi

Recognition

SilverInternational Wine & Spirit Competition 2019
Major competitionvintages: 2017
Claimed by the winery — not verified against the competition's own results.
SilverInternational Wine & Spirit Competition 2012
Major competitionvintages: 2009
Claimed by the winery — not verified against the competition's own results.
GoldENOEXPO 2022
Unknown weightvintages: 2020
Claimed by the winery — not verified against the competition's own results.
GoldChina Wine and Spirits Awards 2019
Unknown weightvintages: 2017
Claimed by the winery — not verified against the competition's own results.
TrophyInternational Wine Challenge 2019
Unknown weightvintages: 2017
Claimed by the winery — not verified against the competition's own results.
GoldInternational Wine Challenge 2019
Unknown weightvintages: 2017
Claimed by the winery — not verified against the competition's own results.
GoldChina Wine and Spirits Awards 2018
Unknown weightvintages: 2017
Claimed by the winery — not verified against the competition's own results.
BronzeENOEXPO 2018
Unknown weightvintages: 2017
Claimed by the winery — not verified against the competition's own results.

Medals are weighted by competition credibility — a gold from a pay-to-play contest is not a gold from Decanter.

Vintages: 2020, 2017, 2009

Origin

Producer:Telavi Wine CellarLarge producer, own vineyards

Region: Kakheti

Appellation: KindzmarauliElevated authenticity risk

What to check for this appellation

Kindzmarauli is a naturally semi-sweet red PDO from the Kvareli micro-zone in Kakheti, made exclusively from Saperavi, with sweetness achieved by arrested fermentation rather than added sugar. It is one of Georgia's best-known names and its demarcated zone is limited (open estimates put the registered zone in the low-to-mid hundreds of hectares), so demand can exceed authentic zone output and the name is sometimes stretched to Saperavi grown outside the zone. What to check: confirm the wine is Saperavi from the registered Kindzmarauli zone in Kvareli and that the producer sources grapes there.