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2020 TSITSKA / TSOLIKOURI
DRY AMBER WINE
VINTAGE: 2020
LOCATION: Kvemo Kartli, Asureti Valley
VINEYARD: Located near the Algeti Nature Preserve
SOIL COMPOSITION OF VINEYARD(S): Mixed volcanic basalt and volcanic clays
PREVAILING CLIMATE & LOCAL CLIMACTIC: Continental climate - hot days, cold nights
FARMING OF VINEYARD: Demeter Certified
COMPOSITION: 50% Tsitska, 50% Tsolikouri
HARVEST: 10.12.2020; by hand
MACERATION: 5 days co-fermentation on the skins
FERMENTATION/AGING: fermented and aged in qvevri
FINING & FILTRATION: none
BOTTLED: 3.17.22;
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 4000
VINTAGE: 2020
LOCATION: Kvemo Kartli, Asureti Valley
VINEYARD: Located near the Algeti Nature Preserve
SOIL COMPOSITION OF VINEYARD(S): Mixed volcanic basalt and volcanic clays
PREVAILING CLIMATE & LOCAL CLIMACTIC: Continental climate - hot days, cold nights
FARMING OF VINEYARD: Demeter Certified
COMPOSITION: 50% Tsitska, 50% Tsolikouri
HARVEST: 10.12.2020; by hand
MACERATION: 5 days co-fermentation on the skins
FERMENTATION/AGING: fermented and aged in qvevri
FINING & FILTRATION: none
BOTTLED: 3.17.22;
BOTTLES PRODUCED: 4000
Tsitska and Tsolikouri are atypical of the region but Beka chose to plant them anyway. They are common to West Georgia, a much cooler and wet environment. In 2020 Beka macerated the varieties together for 5 days. Their thin skins extracted easily giving a wine of texture and acidity. The exotic aromas of oolong tea, ginger, lemon grass and the sort derive from the varieties and the natural biology of the qvevri. Simultaneously juicy and fuzzy.
