ChinChinuri 2024

Tamuna Bidzinashvili formed her winery Kortavebis Marani in Georgia in 2014. She planted 2.5 ha in Kakheti and started making wine with negocian grapes while waiting for the vineyard to grow. Now 60% of the grapes used are from the Kortavebis Marani property, there are 35 indigenous grape varietals growing as a kind of library. The wines are made in the traditional Georgian way, aged in qveri.

This dry white is made from Chinuri grapes grown on the red, iron-rich clay soils of the village of Viziani (meaning ‘Land of the Vine’). The vines here are up to 100 years old, producing grapes with remarkable concentration and depth. Harvest was processed by hand and took place at the beginning of October. 70% of the fruit was de-stemmed and direct pressed, while the remaining 30% was left in whole clusters and added to the pressed juice in Qvevri.

This created a semi-carbonic maceration effect, resulting in a partly macerated wine that carries the typical richness of Georgian orange wine, while also offering plenty of drinkability and freshness. The wine was aged on the skins and stems in Qvevri and bottled at the end of August 2025.

12% ABV