Kapistoni, Shavkapito Limited Edition, 2024 NO20230816 or even a simple cheese

or even a simple cheese plate

and the Jayer fingerprints are all over the wine: low yields

The “Bear Cub” bottling is his more approachable

conscientious estate that quietly overdelivers vintage after vintage

This is a collector’s wine of the highest order

Kapistoni, Shavkapito Limited Edition, 2024 NO20230816 or even a simple cheeseA red from Shavkapito, an indigenous Georgian grape you've almost certainly never tasted, made the ancient qvevri way. Kapistoni is a seventh generation family winery in Kartli where Niko Chochishvili ferments and ages everything in clay vessels buried underground, no steel or oak involved. Shavkapito here delivers bright wild cherry and strawberry fruit lifted by a peppery spice note, in a medium bodied, food friendly style. Limited edition and