Telavi Wine Cellar Wines: 10 Bottles Rated and Profiled

The estate

AddressKurdgelauri, Telavi 2200, Kakheti, Georgia

Founded1915

Orange4.7/5

Marani's flagship amber: Kondoli-grown Rkatsiteli fermented in qvevri and then given oak. Amber in colour, dry, full-...

Still Red4.7/5

The red anchor of the Satrapezo range: Kondoli Saperavi taken through qvevri and then oak, dry and full at 14 percent...

Orange4.6/5

The rarest wine in the Satrapezo range at around 3,000 bottles: Kondoli Mtsvane Kakhuri worked in qvevri then oak, am...

Still White4.4/5

Single-vineyard Rkatsiteli from the Kondoli hills made as a white rather than an amber, then oak aged. Unusually full...

Still White4.3/5

An even split of Mtsvane Kakhuri and Kisi from the Kondoli vineyards, made off the skins: a dry, brisk white rather t...

Still Red4.2/5

The vegan-collection Saperavi from the Kondoli vineyards, lighter at 12.5 percent than the Satrapezo bottling and pou...

Still Red4.6/5

The Rare Collection Saperavi, oak aged and released long after the vintage. Dry, full-bodied and poured at 18 degrees.

Still Red4.6/5

The cellar's first natural wine, made with no winemaker intervention: three months on the skins in qvevri, then barri...

Dessert Ice Wine4.4/5

An ice wine from Kondoli Rkatsiteli, sweet and low in alcohol at 10.5 percent, served cold at 8 to 10 degrees. Marani...

Still White4.0/5

The white half of Marani's vegan collection, a dry Kakhetian Chardonnay made without animal-derived fining and served...