Winery Old CellarKhvanchkara Red Semi-Sweet
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Details and technical informations about Winery Old Cellar's Khvanchkara Red Semi-Sweet.
Discover the grape variety: Lival
Deeply coloured, simple fruity reds with a sustained purple colour, soft tannins and an airy palate with moderate acidity, showing aromas of red and black fruits. Productive. Grown in small quantities in southern France for IGP wines, used in southern blends and part of the modern intraspecific hybrids intended for accessible table wine production. French black variety obtained in 1956 by complex crossing.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Khvanchkara Red Semi-Sweet from Winery Old Cellar are 2016, 2018, 2015, 0
Informations about the Winery Old Cellar
The Winery Old Cellar is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 16 wines for sale in the of Khvanchkara to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Khvanchkara
Georgian appellation north-west of Ambrolauri (Racha), vineyards at 450-750 m on humo-carbonate soils. Natural semi-sweet red signatures (Aleksandrouli 60% + Mujuretuli 40%) with deep ruby colour and velvety palate: vibrant aromas of blackberry, black cherry, candied raspberry, plum, liquorice and a cinnamon touch, natural sugars from over-ripening. Historic Georgian banquet wine (since 1927). Millenary qvevri tradition.
The wine region of Racha-Lechkhumi
Prestigious small region in north-west Georgia in the high Caucasus valleys, altitude vineyards on schisto-calcareous soils. Aleksandrouli is the native king in reds: full-bodied and rich with notes of black cherry, blackberry, plum, spices and a floral touch, dense tannins — blended with Mujuretuli for the flagship Khvanchkara (legendary semi-sweet red, favourite of Stalin). Rare native Usakhelauri and Otskhanuri Sapere. Textured Tsolikouri in whites.
The word of the wine: Sorting
Action which consists in removing the bad grains, not ripe or affected by the rot. We often use vibrating sorting tables which, by shaking, make the impurities fall to the ground. In the case of sweet wines, we speak of harvesting by successive selections, in several passages, to select the very ripe grapes each time.
