Pheasant's Tears Poliphonia 2019
18.97₣ (Exc. VAT bot. 75 cl.) / Switzerland
Features
Type of wine
Pairings
Style
Occasions
Winery
Size
Appellation
Alcohol
12.0%
Grapes
Serving
Between 8ºC and 10ºC
Winemaking
Skin soaking for 6 days, direct pressing and spontaneous alcoholic fermentation with indigenous yeasts in qvevri. Aged for 9 months in qvevri.
Description
Pheasant's Tears Poliphonia is a wine described as "harmonious chaos", a definition coined by John Wurdeman to describe this blend that combines 417 indigenous Georgian grape varieties, out of the 525 known to date. Poliphonia is a mixed planted field with 1-10 vines of each of the 417 varieties. This micro-vineyard is harvested in 3-4 stages, as the grapes ripen at different times. Thus, white, golden-green, blue, purple, grey-pink grapes are obtained at different levels of ripeness, which are finally co-fermented together. In terms of winemaking, 90% of the grapes are destemmed and the remaining 10% are fermented whole bunch. Everything is fermented naturally in buried qvevri. After a five-day maceration, the must is pressed.
Taste
Pheasant's Tears Poliphonia itself is delicious, more like a dark rosé than a red, with juicy fruit and a pleasant herbal touch. The idea behind this wine is to preserve and promote indigenous grapes, providing a reason for them to be replanted. This wine also plays energetically with the idea of Georgian folk singing; different voices at different pitches and intervals coming together in a tonal fusion. As with music, with wine you have to surrender to cultivate the message. Georgian wine seems atonal; strange in colour and peculiar in texture, but with the right food and occasion, it makes perfect sense.
Shipping to Switzerland
50% discount on orders over 376.06₣*Estimated transit time: 6-7 working days.
| Bottles | Price | Over 376.06₣* |
|---|---|---|
| 1-6 | 22.70₣ | 11.35₣ (-11.35₣) |
| 7-12 | 28.11₣ | 14.06₣ (-14.06₣) |
| 13-18 | 34.69₣ | 17.35₣ (-17.35₣) |
| 19-24 | 43.62₣ | 21.81₣ (-21.81₣) |
| 25-30 | 48.89₣ | 24.44₣ (-24.44₣) |
| 31-36 | 54.53₣ | 27.26₣ (-27.26₣) |
| 37-42 | 58.29₣ | 29.14₣ (-29.14₣) |
| 43-48 | 60.17₣ | 30.08₣ (-30.08₣) |
| 49-54 | 65.81₣ | 32.90₣ (-32.90₣) |
| 55-60 | 71.45₣ | 35.73₣ (-35.73₣) |
| VAT not included | ||
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