Winery BarbaleAlaverdi Rkatsiteli
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The Alaverdi Rkatsiteli of the Winery Barbale is in the top 0 of wines of Kakheti.
Details and technical informations about Winery Barbale's Alaverdi Rkatsiteli.
Discover the grape variety: Big Muscat seedless
Table grape with long clusters of seedless golden berries, thin skin and crunchy flesh, with an intense muscat flavour. Very aromatic. Very rarely vinified. Grown in California, Australia and Chile for export markets, prized for its seductive muscat aroma, attractive appearance and long shelf life. American seedless muscat table grape, obtained by crossing for fresh consumption.
Informations about the Winery Barbale
The Winery Barbale is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 27 wines for sale in the of Kakheti to come and discover on site or to buy online.
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.
The word of the wine: Tanin
A natural compound contained in the skin of the grape, the seed or the woody part of the bunch, the stalk. The maceration of red wines allows the extraction of tannins, which give the texture, the solidity and also the mellowness when the tannins are "ripe". The winemaker seeks above all to extract the tannins from the skin, the ripest and most noble. The tannins of the seed or stalk, which are "greener", especially in average years, give the wine hardness and astringency. The wines of Bordeaux (based on Cabernet and Merlot) are full of tannins, those of Burgundy much less so, with Pinot Noir containing little.
