Kapistoni, Shavkapito Limited Edition, 2024

A 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 genuinely off the beaten path, this is for the drinker who wants something nobody else at the table will recognize.