Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	La Cantina King Valley
Show	2020
Class	36
Entry Number	36#2
Brand	La Cantina King Valley
Wine Name	Saperavi
Vintage	2018
Origin	Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name	Peter Corsini
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability

Judging Results
Medal / Award	Gold
Trophy	International Judge’s Wine to Watch
Judge 1	high alcohol on nose, meaty, sweet spice, overpowering oak, big and not in great balance
Judge 2	Deep red, ripe black olive, tapenade, beef jerky spice, viscosity, alcohol, layers, ripe tannins, heat on finish. Ripe fruit but well made, oak aligns. Needs food
Judge 3	Dense purple black. Concentrated iodine, red ink. (Is there a waxy character there?) Woodsy. Dense, tannic palate. Coating tannins. Maybe tannins excessive for weight.
Associate Judge	dark red, great concentration of cooked starwberries in syrup, meaty, fleshy, very masculine mid body, game, great tannin, dark chocolate finish

Varietal: Saperavi, GI: King Valley, 100%
Clone	I11V10, Roostock: 5C Teleki, 100%
Soil Type	Deep,Clay,Loam
Elevation	300 Metres above sea level
Planting Density	1750 Vines / Ha
Planted	1980
Irrigation	Dripper
Growing Method	Conventional
Crop Yeild	9.30 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date	16 / Mar / 2018
Rainfall	900 (mm) Rainfall from July to June in the year(s) of harvest

Wine Making Information
Ferment	Open Fermenter 100%
Maturation	Small Format Oak 100%
Bottling Date	06 / May / 2020
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	200
Force Class	False
Winemaker Note	Peter Corsini