Georgian Wine Tasting Set – White Wines

Chateau Buera Rkatsiteli Dry White 2019
Country : Georgia
Region : Napareuli PDO, Kakheti
Producer : Chateau Buera
Type of Wine : Dry White Wine
Grape Variety : Rkatsiteli
Winemaking : Aged in bottle for 6 months
Tasting Notes :
Refreshing, elegant, rich in summer white fruit like peaches, with senses of lemon and pears, characterised with a light yellow colour and has pronounced flavour of white fruits. An enjoyable fresh white wine.
Food Pairing : Salads, white meats, seafood
Service : 8-12°C
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Bediani Rkatsiteli Dry White 2021
Country : Georgia
Region : Kakheti
Producer : Winery Bediani
Type of Wine : Dry White Wine
Grape Variety : Rkatsiteli
Winemaking : European stainless steel fermentation
Tasting Notes :
Pale gold colour, with pleasant aromas of citrus, wildflowers and green apples. Well balanced between the acidity and body with the support of the fruits and floral flavours.
Food Pairing : Salads, white meats, fish
Service : 10-12°C
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CGW Akido Alazani Valley Semi-Sweet White 2020
Country : Georgia
Region : Kakheti
Producer : Corporation Georgian Wine (CGW)
Type of Wine : Medium-Sweet White Wine
Grape Variety : Rkatsiteli
Winemaking : Sweetness naturally came from the pause of fermentation.
Tasting Notes :
The wine of light-straw colour and delicate flavour has a strong bouquet, where honey, caramel and dried fig tones prevail. The sweetness of the wine has enriched the body, the sweetness is well balanced by the refreshing acidity.
Food Pairing : Spicy food, cold cuts, cheese, fruit desserts
Service : 10-12°C
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Rtvelisi Alazani Valley Semi-Sweet White 2021
Country : Georgia
Region : Kakheti
Producer : Rtvelisi
Type of Wine : Medium-Sweet White Wine
Grape Variety : 90% Rkatsiteli, 10% Mtsvane
Winemaking : Sweetness naturally came from the pause of fermentation.
Tasting Notes :
Pale straw colour, peach, apricot, herbal and raw hazelnut on the nose. Medium bodied, well balanced between sweetness and acidity, with a pleasant peach and apricot finish.
Food Pairing : Spicy food, cold cuts, cheese, fruit desserts
Service : 8-10°C
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Chateau Buera Rkatsiteli Qvevri Reserve 2019
Country : Georgia
Region : Napareuli PDO, Kakheti
Producer : Chateau Buera
Type of Wine : Amber Wine
Grape Variety : Rkatsiteli
Winemaking : 6 months in Qvevri with Chacha, aged in French oak barrels for 12 months and in bottles for 12 months.
Production : 2400 Bottles
Tasting Notes :
Amber colour, very complex aroma, with dried apricots, dried flowers, honey, beeswax, orange and some white pepper. The oak helps to smoothen the texture of the wine, it’s rounded then followed by a refreshing acidity with a long finish. A complex amber wine.
Food Pairing : Salads, roasted chicken with herbs, Indian curries, seafood with herb sauce, aged cheeses
Service : 10-14°C
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Mtevino Rkatsiteli Qvevri Dry Amber 2019
Country : Georgia
Region : Kakheti
Producer : Mtevino
Type of Wine : Amber Wine
Grape Variety : Rkatsiteli
Winemaking : Qvevri fermentation
Tasting Notes :
Amber colour, dried fruits like dried apricots and dried apples with some spices like white pepper and honey. The flavours are intense and well integrated into the supple tannins of the wine on the palate.
Food Pairing : White meats, vegetable salads, cheese
Service : 14-16°C
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Georgian Wine – 8000 years of history

Georgia is the oldest wine producing region in the world. The fertile valleys and protective slopes of the South Caucasus were home to grapevine cultivation and neolithic wine production for at least 8000 years. Due to millennia of winemaking and the prominent economic role it retains in Georgia to the present day, wine and viticulture are entwined with Georgia’s national identity.

Among the best-known Georgian wine regions are Kakheti (further divided into the micro-regions of Telavi and Kvareli), Kartli, Imereti, Racha-Lechkhumi and Kvemo Svaneti, Adjara and Abkhazia.

In 2013, UNESCO added the ancient traditional Georgian winemaking method using the Kvevri clay jars to the UNESCO Intangible Cultural Heritage Lists.