Rus: Georgian Wines and Spirits - Page 6
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Bodbe
Is made from the Rkatsiteli grape variety in the village of Bodbe in the Magaro microdistrict, one of the most beautiful places of Kakheti. The wine has a light-straw color, a fine aroma of wild flowers and a pleasing tender taste which give the wine piquancy highly estimated by connoisseurs. The ready wine contains 10.5 - 11.5% alcohol and has 5 - 7% titrated acidity.
Dimi
An Imeretian-type white ordinary wine. It is made from the Tsolikauri and Krakhuna grape varieties grown on small areas in Imereti (Western Georgia) by the old local technique consisting in fermenting the grapes pulp to which some quantity of grapes husks is added. The dark-straw color has a pleasant specific bouquet with a fruity flavor, a fresh harmonious taste and savory astringency. Its strength is 10.5 - 13.0 vol.% and titrated acidity 6.5 - 8.0%. The wine has been produced since 1977.
Garedzhi
White dry ordinary wine made of the Rkatsiteli and Mtsvane grape varieties cultivated in Kakheti. The wine has a color ranging from pale-straw to amber, a pleasing bouquet and a full harmonious taste. Its strength is 10.0 - 12.5 vol. % and titrated acidity 4 - 7 %.
Ereti
White dry ordinary wine made from the Rkatsiteli and Mtsvane grape varieties. It has a straw color, a fine fruity bouquet and a full fresh and harmonious taste. Its strength is 10.0 - 12.5 vol.% and titrated acidity 5 - 8 %.
Shuamta
A dry wine produced since 1984. It is made from the Rkatsiteli and Mtsvane grape varieties according to the Kakhetian recipe. The wine is of amber or dark-amber color and has a moderately astringent harmonious taste with a fruity aroma. The alcohol content is 10 - 12%, titrated acidity 4 - 6 g/l, extractibility over 25 g/l.
Saperavi
An ordinary table red wine made from the Saperavi grape variety grown in some areas of Kakheti. It is an extractive wine with a characteristic bouquet, a harmonious taste and pleasant astringency. Its strength is 10.5 - 12.5 % and titrated acidity 5 - 7 %. At the international wine competitions this wine received 1 gold & 1 silver medal. It has been produced since 1886.
Karadanakhi
A fortified vintage white wine of the type. It is made from the Rkatsiteli grape variety cultivated in the Kardanakhi vineyards of the Gurdzhaani district. The wine matures in oak barrels for three years. The amber color wine has a pleasant specific bouquet with a typical port wine flavor and a fine honey fragrance. It contains 18 % alcohol, 10 % sugar and has 4 - 6 % titrated acidity. Kardanakhi has been manufactured since 1976. It was awarded 8 and 1 silver international medals.
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