Kindzmarauli Barrel Select Kindzmarauli

Retailer tasting (@ the Georgian embassy) : Firm oak, but also supple and a lot of black fruit juice. The tannin still has bite.

Ruby in colour. Dominant cedary oak masks the black fruit both on the nose and the palate and its impact makes the tannins even more noticable instead of mellowing them. I would better have the unoaked version instead of this one that has spent two years in oak.