The best wines of Kakheti

Discover the best wines of Kakheti as well as the best winemakers of Kakheti and estates of Kakheti to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Kakheti and the best vintages to taste in this region.

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Top wines of Kakheti by region

Looking for a good wine of Kakheti among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Kakheti. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Kakheti with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Kakheti

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Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Kakheti

Red wines from the region of Kakheti go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of wild boar stew in burgundy style, lamb crumble with oregano and feta cheese or mullet with onions and white wine.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Kakheti

On the nose the red wine of the region of Kakheti. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or butter and sometimes also flavors of earthy, blackberry or vanilla.

The best vintages in red wine of Kakheti

  • 2019With an average score of 4.41/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.39/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.33/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.33/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.33/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.27/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Kakheti

  • Saperavi
  • Aleksandrouli
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Malbec
  • Mujuretuli

The best wineries and winemakers for red wine of Kakheti

A wine route planned in the region of Kakheti? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best red wine of Kakheti.

Discovering the wine region of Kakheti

Kakheti is the most important wine region in Georgia in quantitative, qualitative and even historic terms. Almost three-quarters of the country's wine Grapes are grown here, on land that has been used for viticulture for thousands of years. Kakheti is home to some of the oldest human habitations in the entire Caucasus region, and archaeological findings have suggested that wine has been produced here for several thousand years. The region's strong relationship with wine and Vine was captured in Georgia's famous hymn 'Thou Art a Vineyard', written in the 12th Century by King Demetrius I.

A historical Georgian province, Kakheti is not an official administrative province in the modern day. Viniculturally speaking, the area is unofficially divided into several sub-regions, and even a number of microregions. This creates a huge variety of mesoClimates for viticulture with an equally large variety of grape varieties found throughout. The most significant of these Center around the villages of Tsinandali, Telavi, Gurajaani, Kvareli, Sagarejo and Sighnahi, which dot the banks of the Alazani River as it flows from the Caucasus Mountains to the Mingecevir reservoir in western Azerbaijan.

Kakheti has a transient continental climate with mild to subtropical temperatures as well as arid conditionds to Ample rainfall for viticulture. Predominately, viticultural areas have an arid climate with rainfall conserved to the winter months. Interestingly, in the particularly humid areas of Shida Kakheti, irrigation is required due to the high level of evapotranspiration. The nutrient-poor soils here are something of a trademark for viticulture as their discovery saw the early Georgian vignerons (as far back as 6000 BC) stumble across near-perfect Terroir millennia before the concept of terroir was formalized and given a name.

Great white wines of Kakheti

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Kakheti

White wines from the region of Kakheti go well with generally quite well with dishes of sweet desserts such as recipes of cheese cake (white cheese cake) inratable.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Kakheti

On the nose the white wine of the region of Kakheti. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, citrus or vanilla and sometimes also flavors of honey, non oak or earth.

The best vintages in white wine of Kakheti

  • 2011With an average score of 4.35/5
  • 2002With an average score of 4.31/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.22/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.21/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.17/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Kakheti

  • Rkatsiteli
  • Kisi
  • Mtsvane Kakhuri
  • Tsolikouri
  • Goruli Mtsvane
  • Krakhuna

The best wineries and winemakers for white wine of Kakheti

A wine route planned in the region of Kakheti? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best white wine of Kakheti.

Discover the grape variety: Muscatel

Great sparkling wines of Kakheti

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Kakheti

Sparkling wines from the region of Kakheti go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Kakheti

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Kakheti. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, earth or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, floral or red fruit.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of Kakheti

  • 2015With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.81/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.74/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Kakheti

  • Rkatsiteli
  • Tsitska
  • Saperavi
  • Mtsvane Kakhuri

The best wineries and winemakers for sparkling wine of Kakheti

A wine route planned in the region of Kakheti? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sparkling wine of Kakheti.

    The word of the wine: Light (taste of)

    Taste close to oxidation, characteristic of champagnes altered by prolonged exposure to light.

    Great pink wines of Kakheti

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    Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Kakheti

    Pink wines from the region of Kakheti go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of autumn beef bourguignon, lamb in a crown with spring vegetables or veal simmered with vegetables.

    Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Kakheti

    On the nose the pink wine of the region of Kakheti. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, watermelon or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of oak, black fruit or dried fruit.

    The best vintages in pink wine of Kakheti

    • 2017With an average score of 4.16/5
    • 2016With an average score of 4.16/5
    • 2018With an average score of 4.14/5
    • 2015With an average score of 4.01/5
    • 2008With an average score of 4.00/5
    • 2019With an average score of 4.00/5

    The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Kakheti

    • Saperavi
    • Chkhaveri
    • Rkatsiteli
    • Tavkveri
    • Shiraz/Syrah
    • Cabernet Sauvignon

    The best wineries and winemakers for pink wine of Kakheti

    A wine route planned in the region of Kakheti? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best pink wine of Kakheti.

    Discover the grape variety: Saperavi

    Originally from Georgia - Kakhetie region - where it has been cultivated for a long time. This variety is found in many countries such as Russia, Bulgaria, the Caucasus and Crimean republics, etc. Care should be taken not to confuse it with others, which are admittedly quite similar, but which bear the name Saperavi, generally followed by another name. In France, the "real Saperavi" is practically unknown, it is however registered since November 2012 in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A1.

    Great sweet wines of Kakheti

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    Want to buy a sweet wine of Kakheti cheap or sell a sweet wine of Kakheti at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.

    Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Kakheti

    Sweet wines from the region of Kakheti go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

    Organoleptic analysis of sweet wine of Kakheti

    On the nose the sweet wine of the region of Kakheti. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, non oak or oak and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, dried fruit or earth.

    The best vintages in sweet wine of Kakheti

    • 2018With an average score of 4.48/5
    • 2017With an average score of 4.42/5
    • 2011With an average score of 4.40/5
    • 2013With an average score of 4.31/5
    • 2016With an average score of 4.30/5
    • 0With an average score of 4.30/5

    The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Kakheti

    • Rkatsiteli
    • Tsolikouri
    • Muscatel
    • Aleksandrouli
    • Mujuretuli
    • Ojaleshi

    The word of the wine: Skinny

    Thin and lacking in substance in the mouth.

    Discover other regions and appellation of Kakheti

    A wine route in the region of Kakheti ? Visit the most beautiful wine towns and villages

    • Clayton
    • Dedoplistskaro
    • Gurdjaani
    • Gurjaani
    • Kakabeti
    • Kardanakhi
    • Kistauri
    • Kvareli
    • Mtskheta
    • Mukuzani
    • Sagarejo
    • Samtskhe-javakheti
    • Sanavardo
    • Sighnaghi
    • Tbilisi
    • Telavi
    • Telavi district