Top 100 wines of Kakheti - Page 4
Discover the top 100 best wines of Kakheti as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Kakheti and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Kakheti
Cradle of amber and orange wines, vinified in qvevri (buried clay jars, UNESCO). Skin-macerated Rkatsiteli whites: signature notes of dried apricot, walnut, honey, orange peel and black tea, fine tannins and controlled oxidation. Deep, tinctorial Saperavi reds with black fruit, plum, spice and firm tannins, age-worthy. Also Mtsvane and Kisi in white, fresh and floral.
65-70% of the Georgian vineyard, in the east. Millennia-old tradition, unique identity wines.
Discover the grape variety: Mtsvane Kakhuri
Structured, aromatic dry whites with a pale golden robe, a broad palate and preserved acidity, with signature aromas of citrus (lemon), white flowers, white-fleshed fruits (peach) and Caucasian mineral notes. Also made as tannic orange wines in qvevri (buried jars) with dried fruit and spice notes. Grown in Kakheti (eastern Georgia), it embodies Georgian viticultural identity and the qvevri heritage. Native Georgian white grape.
Food and wine pairing with a wine of Kakheti
wines from the region of Kakheti go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of couscous without couscous maker, lamb tagine with honey and dried fruits or pizza with peppers and spicy chicken.
Organoleptic analysis of wine of Kakheti
On the nose in the region of Kakheti often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, tree fruit or earth.
