{"title":"Western Asia","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"pheasants-tears-saperavi-2024","title":"Pheasant's Tears, Saperavi 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e100% Saperavi \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eKakheti, Republic of Georgia\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003e\u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eVineyard in the village of Tibaani. Sandstone and Quartz soils. 4 hectares of 25 year old vines, with a mixed planting of 4 clones. The climate is comparable to a semi-desert, hot and dry in the day and cool and windy at night. \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eDark and earthy, with notes of plum, black currant, and smoke. Saperavi is a powerful tertiary grape and Tibaani is the hottest, driest, part of Georgia. The semi carbonic maceration helps lighten the extraction, and give more finesse to the otherwise broad shouldered variety. \u003cmeta charset=\"utf-8\"\u003eOne half of grapes are destemmed and gently crushed into qvevri; the other half goes in whole bunch and is gently pressed after 10 days, so it’s semi carbonic. VEGAN.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBorn in New Mexico and raised in Virginia by artist parents, American John Wurdeman was drawn to Georgia from a young age, after being introduced to traditional Georgian folk music. John moved to Georgia in 1996 soon after his first time visiting. He met farmer and winemaker Gela Patalishvili a few years later, and the two of them opened Pheasant’s Tears in 2007. 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