A light and elegant red wine from the coastal region of Adjara. This Chkhaveri offers a unique maritime character with subtle complexity.
Chkhaveri Red
Tasting Notes
Ruby color with deeper intensity than typical for the variety, showing a darker hue. Aromas of ripe strawberry and red cherry, with pomegranate, rose, subtle herbs, and a light earthy touch. Medium-bodied with balanced acidity, offering structure, freshness, and elegance. Smooth and persistent on the finish.
Food Recommendations
White fruits, citruses, cheese, Khachapuri, fried chicken, barbeque, beef steak.
Climate & Terroir
Climate
Characterized by high humidity, hot humid summers and mild winters. The average annual sum of precipitation is 1800 mm.
Terroir
Sakvavistke and Dablatsikhe villages terroir. Brown and red loam soils, neutral and slightly acidic, formed on heavily weathered basalts. Vineyards are on slopes, exposed to south-west, south and south-east.
Production
Viticulture
Some vineyards are on vertical trellis and grow mainly on bilateral cordons or arched canes, with the density 2500 saplings/hectare. Some vineyards are trained to 2 metre above floor horizontal trellis, like pergola, density 625 saplings/hectare.
Organic Farming
Organic farming: winter hand pruning; limited green pruning; no-till gardening (unless organic fertilisers applied); copper-based contact fungicides and colloidal sulphur; no herbicides; irrigation only in case of severe drought; manual harvest.
Yields
Approximately 20 hectolitres per hectare.