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WTN: My first Georgian wine, and it's an odd one!

by Brian K Miller » Tue Jan 20, 2009 5:48 pm

Not the State of Georgia, but the politically rash country of Georgia. :?

At Terroir Wine Bar SF this weekend. http://terroirsf.com/wine/

2005 VINOTERRA MTSVANE

As the website explains, this is aged in CLAY AMPHORAE. The power of suggestion, but it TASTES like clay to me! The color is beige, showing some oxidation. Not sweet in any way, just a very unique soft character with CLAY on the palate.

Not sure I "liked" the wine, but it was certainly fascinating, and the photos from the Terroir website are also very interesting.

I would like to try more Eastern European wines. Corti Brothers and K&L also carry these intriguing examples.

Have to also say that the georgian alphabet is one of the more elegant scripts out there!
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