Structure
Critic scores
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In the glass
Aroma: peach, ripe orchard fruit
Palate: peach, stone fruit
Intense golden amber from Rkatsiteli grown around Alaverdi Monastery and vinified in the eleventh century cellar. Vibrant fruit and peach with balanced acidity and a long close.
What it pairs with
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Roast poultry
Skin-contact grip carries roast bird better than a light white would. -
Badrijani nigvzit
Walnut paste is the standard Kakhetian partner for an amber Rkatsiteli. -
Aged sulguni
Salt in the cheese softens the tannin from six months on the skins.
Facts
- Producer
- Alaverdi Monastery Marani · visiting guide
- Grapes
- Rkatsiteli (100%)
- Oak
- Qvevri vinification in the monastery's eleventh century cellar, in the Kakhetian tradition.
- ABV
- 13.5%