Winery KolkhidaKindzmarauli (ქინძმარაული)
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
Details and technical informations about Winery Kolkhida's Kindzmarauli (ქინძმარაული).
Discover the grape variety: Courbu noir
Courbu noir is a grape variety with red and bronze leaves. It originates from the Pyrenean vineyards where it occupies a little more than one hectare. It is completely different from the white Courbu. The adult leaves have five lobes and a petiolar sinus. The berries of the Courbu Noir are round. The berries are small, as are the clusters. The beginning of the veins and the petiolar point are red. The shoots of this grape variety bend to form a parasol. To hope for a significant harvest, it is important to prune it long. Its budburst period begins 3 days after Chasselas. As for its maturity, it is the third period. This variety is very sensitive to oidium, but it does not fear mildew very much. It produces light and fine wines. It is not very colourful and does not contain enough alcohol. Courbu Noir has two approved clones, 728 and 729.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Kindzmarauli (ქინძმარაული) from Winery Kolkhida are 2014, 0, 2015, 2012 and 2011.
Informations about the Winery Kolkhida
The Winery Kolkhida is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 10 wines for sale in the of Kindzmarauli to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Kindzmarauli
The wine region of Kindzmarauli is located in the region of Kakheti of Georgia. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Shaloshvili Cellar or the Domaine Khareba produce mainly wines red, sweet and white. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Kindzmarauli are Saperavi, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Kindzmarauli often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, black fruit or dried fruit.
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.
The word of the wine: Botrytis cinerea
This fungus, also called noble rot, develops during the over-ripening phase and is an ally of great sweet white wines, when it concentrates the juice of the berries. It requires the humidity of morning fogs and beautiful sunny days, gives musts very rich in sugar and brings to the wines the famous taste of "roasted".
