Wine Entry Detail

Entry Information
Exhibitor	Gapsted Estate
Show	2025
Class	38
Entry Number	38#10
Brand	Gapsted Estate
Wine Name	Saperavi
Vintage	2022
Origin	Single Vineyard
Viticulturist Name	Andrew Santarossa
Commercial Label	Yes
Availability

Judging Results
Medal / Award
Overall Score	84
Judge 1	Blackberry, vanilla, something like retsina slipping into pine-o-clean chemoical and off-putting. Stunted.
Judge 2	Chocolate black fruit. Acid out of balance. resolved tannin. sweet oak aromatics.
Judge 3	cassis, spice. tannins drying. alcohol?
Associate Judge	Dark riper berries, tobacco, chocolate, rich and compelling. Fruit sweetness, choc-cherry, chalky tannins, oak that stands up to the structure. Chalky, clay-pot tannins.

Varietal: Saperavi, GI: Alpine Valleys, 100%
Clone	Unknown, Roostock: Unknown, 100%
Soil Type	Unknown
Elevation	250 Metres above sea level
Planting Density	2780 Vines / Ha
Planted	1996
Irrigation	Dripper
Growing Method	Conventional
Crop Yeild	8.00 Tonnes / Ha
Harvest Date	30 / Mar / 2022
Rainfall	1100 (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	14 / Aug / 2024
Closure	Screw
Cases Produced	500
Force Class	False
Winemaker Note	Andrew Santarossa