Tbilvino Rkatsiteli Qvevris 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 |
| Wine maker | Tbilvino |
| Grape varieties | Rkatisteli |
| Terroir | The Rkatsiteli grapes are sourced from vineyard around Telavi, Gurjaani and Sighnaghi in the province Kacheti in Georgia. The climate is warm to subtropical with dry summers and mild winters with often snow. Soils are predominantly alluvial clay and loam with a calcareous subsoil. |
| Harvest method | Handpicked. |
| Yield per hectare | 10 tons per hectare. |
| Vinification | The grape juice and skins are fully fermented and macerated together for five months in Qvevri. |
| Impression | Straw yellow. Aroma of dried flowers, banana and nuts. Quite soft and creamy in the mouth. Dried apricot, dried sage and citrus. Nut bitters and mild tannins. |