K'AVSHIRI White Assemblage 2023

9 Sept

I don’t have alcohol or price details for this Georgian white wine (grown in the Kakheti and Imereti regions) but it’s a blend of eleven different varieties: Mtsvane (20%); Rkatsiteli (15%); Rkatsiteli Kakhuri (15%); Krakhuna (15%); Tsitska (10%); Tsolikouri (8%); Khikhvi (7%); Aligoté (3%); Muscat (2%); Kisi (2%) and Mtsvivane (3%). It was raised in qvevri, stainless steel and seasoned oak and a minor portion spent time on skins. Basically it’s the landscape of Georgian white winemaking all combined into one.

It’s accessible in general but then it also has tannin, salt and lemongrass characters, and it also has a good, purposeful finish. It’s pretty impressive, and feels perfectly pitched. I love the squeaky, grippy finish, I like the lemon pith characters, I like the fruity aromatics and I like the way phenolics have been used to advantage. 91 points.

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