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CHITO’S GHVINO
OWNER AND WINEMAKER: Nino Chitoshvili.
REGION: Kakheti, Georgia.
REGION: Kakheti, Georgia.
Professional pianist, turned wine tour guide (2010), turned winemaker, Nino Chitoshvili of Chito’s Gvino released her inaugural vintage in 2017. Her Marani (cellar) is located in the village of Martkopi 30 minutes outside of Tbilisi. She is building her production parcel by parcel, and renting land where she can farm organically. Outside of a little help from locals she does all of the vineyard work herself. In 2021, Chito produced about 3000 bottles. Most of the fruit came from vineyards she farms in Kakheti. The wines indicate no newcomer; they are resonant, dynamic and intentional. Impeccable but old fashioned. Our cooperation is as much an investment in our own drinking as a commercial exercise, and we are happy to help drain a few bottles of her wine all the more so if it helps her grow!
CHITO’S GVINO
2020 Rkatsiteli
LOCATION: VACHNADZIANI, MUKUZANI, KAKHETI, GEORGIA.
WINEMAKER: NINO CHITOSHVILI. GRAPE(S): RKATSITELI.
SOILS: BROWN FOREST SOIL, CALCAROUS CLAY.
VINIFICATION: MACERTION OF GRAPES, SKINS AND STEMS IN QVEVRI FOR 7 MONTHS.
NO FINING, NO FILTRATION, NO So2.
BOTTLED SEPTEMBER OF 2021.
800 BOTTLES.
WINEMAKER: NINO CHITOSHVILI. GRAPE(S): RKATSITELI.
SOILS: BROWN FOREST SOIL, CALCAROUS CLAY.
VINIFICATION: MACERTION OF GRAPES, SKINS AND STEMS IN QVEVRI FOR 7 MONTHS.
NO FINING, NO FILTRATION, NO So2.
BOTTLED SEPTEMBER OF 2021.
800 BOTTLES.
Nino's Rkatsiteli was harvested at the end of September. The wine was vinified entirely in kvevri. Old school Kahketian white. Perfumed, structured and enduring. dried fruit, tobacco, cardamon, rich in tannin but at a pleasant 12.5% abv.
CHITO’S GVINO
2020 Rkatsiteli-Mtsvane
LOCATION: VACHNADZIANI, MUKUZANI, KAKHETI, GEORGIA.
WINEMAKER: NINO CHITOSHVILI. GRAPE(S): RKATSITELI-MTSVANE.
SOILS: BROWN FOREST SOIL, CALCAROUS CLAY.
VINIFICATION: WILD COFERMENTATION OF GRAPES, SKINS AND STEMS IN QVEVRI FOR 7 MONTHS.
NO FINING, NO FILTRATION, NO So2.
BOTTLED SEPTEMBER OF 2021 / 800 BOTTLES.
WINEMAKER: NINO CHITOSHVILI. GRAPE(S): RKATSITELI-MTSVANE.
SOILS: BROWN FOREST SOIL, CALCAROUS CLAY.
VINIFICATION: WILD COFERMENTATION OF GRAPES, SKINS AND STEMS IN QVEVRI FOR 7 MONTHS.
NO FINING, NO FILTRATION, NO So2.
BOTTLED SEPTEMBER OF 2021 / 800 BOTTLES.
Nino's blend of Rkatsiteli (50%) and Kakhuri Mtsvane (50%) is from a one hectare co-planted vineyard named Sachaleebi. Harvest was at the end of September. The wine was vinified entirely in kvevri. Old school Kahketian white. Perfumed, structured and enduring. The 2021 has an additional element of character that is likely related to the yeast, some flor like affect that bring further depth to this already complexive wine.