Mosmieri, Saperavi, Kakheti, Georgia, 2015

One of the darkest and deepest Saperavi wines I tasted during my recent visit, this fine effort certainly needs five years’ ageing, and would be best decanted if drunk earlier. It's packed with intense blackberry, blackcurrant and sloe fruit, but with the extractive force to frame and balance the characteristically vivacious fruit. Sappy and sturdy.