Shumi Winery and Estate

Salome

Georgia, Kakheti

2022

Shumi Winery seeks to create wines that reflect the purest expressions of its terroirs. Made from biodynamically farmed separavi grown on mineral-rich soils in a 1.9ha plot on the slopes of the Caucasus Mountains in Georgia's Napareuli PDO, Salome 2022 is a complex and brooding wine with black fruit and savoury flavours. Try it with lamb skewers.

Salome represents one of Shumi Estate's most ambitious wines, using 100% saperavi to create a structured, characterful red rooted in Georgian tradition. Shumi has built a reputation for bridging the old and new: cultivating heritage varieties, mastering qvevri fermentation, and integrating selective barrel ageing to broaden texture.

The 2022 Salome is harvested from premium Kakhetian vineyards, with saperavi contributing depth and colour. Fermentation occurs in stainless steel or qvevri depending on parcel character, followed by ageing in French oak to refine tannins. The result is a wine of power and elegance, featuring dark fruit, spice and a savoury undertone typical of the region. Salome reflects Shumi's pursuit of high-quality, terroir-driven Georgian reds with international appeal.

Tasting
NOTES

Inky and deep purple in colour, this dense and full-bodied 100% saperavi from Georgia is a complex, concentrated, savoury wine with notes of dark plum and blackberry that evolves into more developed fruit notes of dates, dried figs and almonds. The palate is generous, boasting forest floor flavours of wet earth, smoke, spice and grilled meats leading to a bitter finish. The tannins are firm in this heavily extracted wine that needs food to shine.

Food
PAIRINGS

This Georgian saperavi will come into its own with red meat: think wild boar sausages, grilled lamb skewers, or roast lamb. Chilli crab would also work.