The Winery Graneli (გრანელი) of Kakheti

Winery Graneli (გრანელი) - Akhasheni Red Semi-Sweet
The winery offers 23 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.2.
It is ranked in the top 57 of the estates of Kakheti.
It is located in Kakheti

The Winery Graneli (გრანელი) is one of the world's great estates. It offers 23 wines for sale in of Kakheti to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Graneli (გრანელი) wines

Looking for the best Winery Graneli (გრანელი) wines in Kakheti among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Graneli (გრანელი) wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Graneli (გრანელი) wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Graneli (გრანელი)

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Graneli (გრანელი)

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The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Graneli (გრანელი)

  • 2005With an average score of 4.46/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.25/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Graneli (გრანელი).

  • Saperavi
  • Aleksandrouli
  • Mujuretuli
  • Ojaleshi
  • Usakhelouri

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.

The top white wines of Winery Graneli (გრანელი)

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Graneli (გრანელი)

How Winery Graneli (გრანელი) wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Graneli (გრანელი)

  • 2015With an average score of 4.60/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.30/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Graneli (გრანელი).

  • Kisi
  • Rkatsiteli

Discover the grape variety: Ignéa

Intraspecific cross between Delizia di Vaprio (46A Pirovano) and Angelo Pirovano ( 2 Pirovano) obtained in Italy by Angelo Pirovano. This variety is registered in the Official Catalogue of table grape varieties, list A1.

The top pink wines of Winery Graneli (გრანელი)

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Graneli (გრანელი)

How Winery Graneli (გრანელი) wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Graneli (გრანელი)

  • 2014With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Graneli (გრანელი).

  • Saperavi

The word of the wine: Sapid

Said of a wine rich in flavours.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Graneli (გრანელი)

Planning a wine route in the of Kakheti? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Graneli (გრანელი).

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.

News about Winery Graneli (გრანელი) and wines from the region

Louis-Fabrice Latour: Obituary

Latour was the 11th generation of his family to lead Maison Louis Latour (and the seventh named Louis Latour). The house of Latour was formally founded in 1797, although the roots go back to the first vineyards purchased in 1731 by Denis Latour. The Latour family originally worked as coopers, and Denis’ son Jean moved to Aloxe-Corton to set up an independent cooperage and later to found Maison Louis Latour, naming the business after his son. The house of Latour remains closely associated with th ...

Dream job? Majestic to pay ‘vintern’ to drink wine on holiday

Wine lovers with a valid passport can apply for the Majestic ‘vintern’ scheme, launched this week and dubbed by the retailer as ‘the best summer job ever’. A three-day placement will include a visit to Quinta da Boavista vineyards in Portugal’s picturesque Douro region. Majestic said the vintern will also taste wines from its Wine Club’s Spain & Portugal Summer Case ‘in situ’, before trying the same wines back at home for comparison. It is offering £600 remuneration for three days, which it ...

Long Read: Wine had a past with sailboats. Does it have a future too?

In 2007, Frenchman Frédéric Albert founded the Compagnie de Transport Maritime à la Voile (CTMV) with the goal of decarbonising the wine industry. The firm managed to sail its 50m-vessel four times from France to Ireland, England and Canada, before going into liquidation as a consequence of the 2008 economic crisis. Despite the failure, Albert’s pioneering project was a sign for things to come. In 2013, Le Havre-based TransOceanic Wind Transport (TOWT) followed in CTMV’s footsteps sailing some 3 ...

The word of the wine: Sapid

Said of a wine rich in flavours.