Georgia is one of the oldest winemaking regions and its native grape Saperavi is one of just a few teinturier

A red wine grape with dark skins and flesh. In contrast, regular red wine grapes have dark skins, but clear flesh. Fittingly, the word “teinturier” comes from the French “to dye or stain.” There are only a few known teinturier grapes.

grapes, yielding concentrated, inky wines - with the best expressions coming from the historic Kakheti region. Artevani is an small winery farming organically with minimal intervention in the cellar, and while humble - these are wines of great power and aging potential.