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I use this wine key: Laguiole en Aubrac Wine Key Ebony
I have used this glass in this Video: RIEDEL Performance Riesling.
I have tasted the following wines in this Video:
2020 Rtvelisi Rkatsiteli Qvevri Kakheti – 20 US$
2019 Jusos Kisi from Kakheti – 30 US$
2019 Georgian Qvevri Crazy Amber Goruli Mtsvane Kartli – 23 US$
2017 Mareli Winery Saperavi Red Wine Kakheti – ?
The 100 Point Scoring System (from www.robertparker.com):
96-100: An extraordinary wine of profound and complex character displaying all the attributes expected of a classic wine of its variety. Wines of this caliber are worth a special effort to find, purchase and consume.
90 – 95: An outstanding wine of exceptional complexity and character. In short, these are terrific wines.
80 – 89: A barely above average to very good wine displaying various degrees of finesse and flavor as well as character with no noticeable flaws.
70 – 79: An average wine with little distinction except that it is soundly made. In essence, a straightforward, innocuous wine.
60 – 69: A below-average wine containing noticeable deficiencies, such as excessive acidity and/or tannin, an absence of flavor or possibly dirty aromas or flavors.
50 – 59: A wine deemed to be unacceptable.
Georgia is happening right now. The wine world is talking about this country that has been producing wine in a very archaic way for millennia. The oldest wine artifacts are pottery jars with traces of wine. They were found in Georgia and the oldest one dates back to 5,980 BC – roughly 8,000 years ago! But that a country has been producing wine for a long time does not necessarily mean, that it produces great wine.
You know, before the Georgian jars were discovered the oldest wine artifacts were found in Iran – not a great wine country today… The long history was only one of the reasons why I wanted to go there. It was also because I wanted to understand their wines better. When someone asks me what my favorite wine is I usually answer that it is constantly changing and most of the time it is my latest discovery. A grape variety, region, or winemaking country that I did not know before.
I thought Georgia might be that, so I jumped on the plane when I got the chance and traveled to the cradle of wine.
Georgia lies between Russia and Turkey, on the border between Europe and Asia and is a beautiful country. It is mountainous and has great forests that harbor bears and the food is delicious. They like to eat fresh vegetables, meat, and fish and I never left a table not feeling like I overate. The climate is diverse. The west is subtropical, humid and moderate in temperature, while the east is dry and continental with hot summers and cool winters. There are 1,600 wineries making wine on 55.000 hectares of vineyards. That is roughly half of the vineyard area in Bordeaux. The vineyards are split up between 10 wine-growing regions. The most important one is Kakheti covering roughly 70 % of the vineyards and producing around 80% of Georgia’s wine.
The one thing that Georgia is the most famous for, however, is its way of producing wine. Not all of their wine but a significant share is made in an archaic way … maybe the same way the wine in those 8,000-year-old jars were made.
They harvest the grapes and then press them with their feet like they do for Port and like I did for my Pinot. The juice, grape skins, and stems are then thrown into a qvevri – the traditional clay amphora – and ferments for around a month. The qvevris are usually in the ground with only the opening visible. This is smart as the temperature is naturally controlled so that the fermenting must not heat up too much.
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Being a resident of ex SU, I do not like G wine, even though it it highly popular here and considered good. Id rather avoid calling names of wines that I like from ex SU to avoid any bias calls, but I would say that many regions that are underrated are actually much much better for me
Thank you for giving a broader perspective on Georgian amber wines. Definitelly Georgian qvevri/amber wines taste unusual to western palate. That is why it was extra special to hear an opinion from a professional with a refined taste on these rustic and sometimes as they call it – "hipster" wines. Thank you for being cool and adventurous to bring it out to wider public. Cheers or Gaumarjos as we say it in Georgia 🥂
Hi Konstantin, can you please make a video about PIWI Wines. Do to the enviromental impact, there is no other way then to shift to these varieties and I also want to make my own vineyard with these. I would be very interested on how you jugde the quality and what your favorite grape variety is.
Great stuff. What do you recommend for serving temperature?
I actually have a bottle of Nine Oaks Estate Saperavi qvevri wine (2018 1200 bottles made) and it's going to be interesting to compare my bottle to the red qvevri wine you tried in this video. The only qvevri wine I've had so far has been the Nine Oaks Estate Khikhvi 2018 and it was interesting for sure. Had that intense orange color like the Georgian Qvevri Crazy Amber Goruli Mtsvane Kartli you had in this video. Definitely very different from anything I've had before, and it made me want to try more as after having that bottle. I bought a bottle of Orgo Rkatsiteli 2019 which is the more intense type with 13% ABV but I haven't tried that one yet. Not sure when I will drink that one, but I've read that the vines are 50+ years old which should allow that bottle to age well.
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Thank you Konstantin, great video as always! Also thank you for covering Georgian wines and specifically Amber wine. I think longer videos like this where you cover a specific region or a winemaking style are extremely interesting, I wish we see more of these in the future. Thanks again and keep going!
Georgian wines were my introduction to "orange" wine. Love them!, but most times when I've brought a bottle to a party, the responses have been, mixed at best 🤷♂. They're definitely not for everyone.
My heritage is Georgian- I wasn’t born there. I’ve never had a Georgian wine that I’ve liked. But then, my relatives were the people purchasing and they’re not really into wine. 😉 one of my favorite dishes from any culture is satsivi, which is a Georgian dish of chicken, walnuts, garlic, cilantro…. (I’m sure there are regional variations). I LOVE this dish but have never found a wine that goes with it. All wine tastes metallic to me with it. Perhaps there are, good, Georgian wines that pair well with the dish
Konstantin, thank you for producing this video. It answered my prior question I had about opening wax capped bottles. Very helpful
Thank you great video as always!! Homemade pinot part 2 coming?
Thanks for the interesting information! I've tried wines from all four grape varieties you mentioned. I do love Kisi and Mtsvane. But Gergian wine is like a lottery – you never knows what's in the bottle))
Yes! Great introduction into qvevri wines. Hope it doesn't get too popular.
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Finally some non filtered wines i can taste since i'm vegan 😁
God I have waited for this video. I love Amber orange wines ever since my vacation in Ukraine and Georgia. In my opinion everyone should try amber orange wines before they make up their opinion about orange wines.
The German restaurant my wife and I go to serves some Georgian wine. They have a Kvareli that i will occasionally get. Your description of that last red is exactly how I would describe it, except I don’t have your wine vocabulary! It’s not an easy drinker for sure and you need a very heavy dish with it. Love your channel!
A very interesting taste test. I've never had a wine from Georgia. Thanks for expanding our wine horizon.
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Nice that you took a very little bit of time to focus on Georgian Wines. After doing business there for the past year, I can confidently state that there are very few wines that compare to ORGANIC GEORGIAN WINES!
Thank you Konstantin, as a georgian i'm so happy that you made that video ❤️
I just came across the mentioning of a South Africa wine that can rival Bordeaux first growth at a reasonable price ,Mvemve Raats (MR) de Compostella. Wonder if there’s a chance that you can do a tasting?
I've enjoyed a few bottles of the 2019 Vinoterra Saperavi this year. Not particularly grippy, silky like a mature well balanced brunello with rhone characteristics. Glad to see this video, needs a part 2.
My tasting crew tried wines from Georgia and Armenia a few years ago. Many were earthy, not in a good way, and some were funky which for me is worse. We just gave it another try last month and wow, what an improvement. I would say that two of the wines had some earth notes but the improvement was startling. I would say that the Areni grape from Armenia was my favorite. We often talk about New World and Old World wines but these wines are from the real old Old World. Most of our wines were from the 2017 and 2018 vintages. I did feel that some of the wines would have shown better with another year or two of cellar time as the nose was sometimes quite shy, but that is just a feeling I got from the wines, I don't know these varieties anywhere near well enough to really have strong opinions. The wines were a lot of fun.
Great video, definitely knows what he’s talking about, though going into the holidays you should also check out https://youtu.be/3dtKmU1VcKw
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I hope you have tasted better wines during the being in Georgia, because they arent the best examples of Georgian wine ) Especially red one. Thank you for your content and for this video