Tbilvino Mukuzani 2021
Once, Tbilvino was the largest wine company in the Soviet Union. Much has changed since the fall of the Iron Curtain. In the early 90's by the entrepreneurial brothers Giorgi and Zura Margvelashvili bought the winery with the help from the World Bank. They had very different plans: to give the wines their typical Georgian identity back and to produce quality instead of quantity.
| Country | Georgia |
| Region | Kakheti |
| Protected Designation of Origin | Mukuzani |
| Wine maker | Tbilvino |
| Grape varieties | Saperavi |
| Terroir | The Saperavi grapes come from the winery's own vineyards in the Mukuzani Appellation in the Georgian province of Kakheti, from our own vineyards near the villages of Vachnadziani and Shashiani. They are located in a valley at the foot of the Caucasus, at an altitude of 400 to 600 meters. They take advantage of the cool wind that descends from the Caucuses. The climate is warm to subtropical with dry summers and mild winters with often snow. Soils are predominantly alluvial clay and loam with calcareous subsoil, with patchwork of shale, sandstone, siltstone, quartz, granite, basalt, schist and schist. |
| Yield per hectare | 10 tons per hectare. |
| Vinification | After four days on the skins, the wine is then pressed off and finishes primary fermentation in tanks before undergoing secondary Malolactic fermentation at 25/27°C. Then 20% of the must matures for a month in used wooden barriques. This must is then mixed again in stainless steel tanks with the other must. |
| Impression | Blackberries, plums and cherries. Spicy of pepper, cinnamon, licorice and chocolate bitters. Ripe. Medium body. Slightly ripe tannins. |
| Did you know? | Mukuzani has been a protected designation of origin since 1893, one of the oldest in Georgia. Only wines from the Saperavi grape fall under the appellation. They are usually powerful and with a dense structure. Wood aging is not mandatory, but it is the tradition of this area. |