The Winery Погреб Шио - (Shio's Cellar) of Kakheti

Winery Погреб Шио - (Shio's Cellar) - Aguna (Агуна)
The winery offers 14 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.
It is currently not ranked among the best domains of Kakheti.
It is located in Kakheti

The Winery Погреб Шио - (Shio's Cellar) is one of the best wineries to follow in Kakheti.. It offers 14 wines for sale in of Kakheti to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Погреб Шио - (Shio's Cellar) wines

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The top pink wines of Winery Погреб Шио - (Shio's Cellar)

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The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Погреб Шио - (Shio's Cellar)

  • 2014With an average score of 4.20/5

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 red wines of Winery Погреб Шио - (Shio's Cellar)

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The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Погреб Шио - (Shio's Cellar)

  • 2014With an average score of 5.00/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.80/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Погреб Шио - (Shio's Cellar).

  • Saperavi
  • Aleksandrouli
  • Mujuretuli
  • Ojaleshi

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.

The top white wines of Winery Погреб Шио - (Shio's Cellar)

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The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Погреб Шио - (Shio's Cellar).

  • Rkatsiteli
  • Mtsvane Kakhuri

The word of the wine: Burned

Qualifier, sometimes equivocal, of various odors, ranging from caramel to burnt wood.

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Discover the grape variety: Saint-Pierre doré

Belonging to the Estaing wines, the Saint Pierre doré is also called Roussellou. With an average budding, this variety is presented in the form of full, winged, elongated and very large bunches, with pulpy, spherical and medium-sized berries. When ripe, the fruit is golden-white in colour, with bronze leaves, which may be three-lobed or whole. The red colour is also found on the internodes of its herbaceous branch. For best results, a fairly long pruning will suit the Saint Pierre Doré, which is not overly afraid of oidium or mildew, but more afraid of grey rot. The characteristics of the roussellou mean that it could play a major role in the production of sparkling wines. The vine does indeed give a very acidic taste, not very sweet and with low degree aromas. It has been noted that the extent of the vineyard recorded in 1958 is 123 Ha, to be reduced to 1 Ha in 1994 on the French territory.

News about Winery Погреб Шио - (Shio's Cellar) and wines from the region

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Wartime Cognac

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The word of the wine: Burned

Qualifier, sometimes equivocal, of various odors, ranging from caramel to burnt wood.