Shaloshvili Cellar ★ 3.9
Shilda marani founded in February 2013, making dry Rkatsiteli from its own vineyards on the Shilda plateau, with a twenty room guest house on the same site.
Kvareli winery on Erekle II Street with a Saperavi-led list that includes a premium bottling and older vintages held back for release.
Address: Erekle II Street 10, Kvareli 4800, Kakheti, Georgia
Shilda marani founded in February 2013, making dry Rkatsiteli from its own vineyards on the Shilda plateau, with a twenty room guest house on the same site.
Kvareli producer on Matikashvili Street with Alazani Valley, Tsinandali, Kindzmarauli and Pirosmani bottlings alongside Rkatsiteli and a qvevri Kisi.
Shilda marani founded in February 2013, making dry Rkatsiteli from its own vineyards on the Shilda plateau, with a twenty room guest house on the same site.
Kvareli producer on Matikashvili Street with Alazani Valley, Tsinandali, Kindzmarauli and Pirosmani bottlings alongside Rkatsiteli and a qvevri Kisi.
Estate at Vazisubani with 35 hectares of vineyard planted to Saperavi, Rkatsiteli, Kisi, Khikhvi and Mtsvane, fermenting in qvevri, with a hotel and restaurant on the grounds.
Gurjaani estate at Zegaani working only Saperavi, bottled as Mukuzani and under the Zegaani label, fermented in qvevri and aged in either qvevri or oak.
Tip: The estate bottles only in years it judges strong, so the range on the table changes from visit to visit.
Gurjaani family winery on David Guramishvili Street, registered as Gurjaani Wine Cellar, with wine, qvevri bottlings, sparkling, chacha and brandy in the range.
Vachnadziani cellar fermenting in qvevri by the Kakhetian method, with two fortified wines and two chachas, one of them eight years in oak.
Tip: Book a day ahead and the tasting comes with a full Georgian table rather than the standard plate of snacks.