Schuchmann Wines Wines: 11 Bottles Rated and Profiled

The estate

AddressVillage Kisiskhevi, Telavi 2200, Kakheti, Georgia

Still Red4.6/5

The Vinoterra qvevri Saperavi: extended skin contact, no oak, so the fruit and the clay do the talking. Full-bodied, ...

Orange4.6/5

Kakheti's benchmark amber grape worked the traditional way: skin contact gives tannin and a tea-leaf grip behind drie...

Orange4.6/5

Kisi is the rarer, finer-boned cousin of Rkatsiteli. Qvevri-fermented then oak-matured, it lands somewhere between dr...

Orange4.6/5

Floral and delicate on the nose, faintly nutty, with dried fruit, coriander and white pepper; the palate runs to lemo...

Still White4.2/5

The European-method Mtsvane from the Schuchmann label rather than the Vinoterra qvevri range: pressed and tank-fermen...

Still Red4.4/5Mukuzani PDO

Saperavi from Mukuzani vineyards on the north bank of the Alazani, picked from early October and given three years in...

Still Red4.0/5Kindzmarauli PDO

The estate's semi-sweet red in the Kindzmarauli appellation style: Saperavi's dark fruit carried on residual sugar, w...

Still White4.1/5Tsinandali PDO

The classic Tsinandali blend of Rkatsiteli and Mtsvane, made without skin contact: a dry, brisk, citrus-toned white r...

Still Red4.1/5

The estate's everyday dry Saperavi under the Schuchmann label, made in the European style rather than in qvevri: dark...

Still Rose4.0/5

Saperavi given only a short maceration, which in a grape this dark still produces a deep rose: ripe red-berry aromas ...

Still Red4.2/5

Napareuli-grown Cabernet Sauvignon put through qvevri fermentation and then French oak: intense cherry colour, pronou...