Description
Old Skool Georgian amber wine, 6 months (destemmed) on the skins in Qvevri as they were used 8000 years ago. Rough orange wine.
Orange wine with aromas such as orange marmalade, ginger, cardamom and lots of rooibos tea, nice firm tannins (but not a funky natural wine).
Georgia is considered the birthplace of all wine, they were already making wine about 8000 years ago. However, there were only two wine styles, amber (also called orange wine, orange or skin macerated white), and red.
Amber (always) made from white grapes and red (always) from blue grapes, both with long skin maceration. The longer on the skin the more body, structure, color and tannin (exceptions aside). In Georgia wine is still made in the traditional way by crushing grapes and putting them in a large qvevri (amphora) and therefore also leaving them on the skin for a long time. There are also Georgian amber wines where the stems also ferment, these are very strong wines that are very high in tannin (bitter) that leave the mouth completely dry.
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Country / region: Georgia
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Grape variety(ies): 100% Mtsvane
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Character: Rough orange wine
- Quality mark: Biodynamic & Vin Nature
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Tasting note: Full-bodied orange wine with aromas such as orange marmalade, ginger, cardamom and lots of rooibos tea.
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Goes well with: Fatty, spicy and/or complex dishes such as Butter chicken, tandoori chicken, Asian pork neck, Georgian, Ethiopian
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