{"product_id":"kisi-artana-kakheti-georgia-orange-natural-wine","title":"Kisi Amber Wine 2020","description":"\u003cp\u003eArtana's Kisi is a skin-contact amber wine made from 100% Kisi, a white grape grown in the village of Kistauri in Kakheti, eastern Georgia. The variety came close to extinction by the year 2000 after Soviet agricultural policy pushed mass-planted Rkatsiteli to the exclusion of lower-yield indigenous grapes. Some 50- to 60-year-old Kisi vines survived in the Telavi district, and small producers like Artana have been among the growers replanting and reviving it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFermentation follows traditional Kakhetian practice: whole grapes are pressed directly into qvevri — large terracotta vessels buried underground — without destemming. The must ferments on skins for 3 to 4 weeks with cap management done by hand, three to five times daily. After fermentation, the wine is sealed in qvevri through winter, racked in late December to remove sediment, then sealed again until spring. No fining, no filtration, and no added sulfites (under 10 mg\/L total).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe result is a deep amber wine with grip and texture drawn from extended skin contact. Kisi in this style shows dried apricot, quince, orange peel, and walnut, with medium-plus tannins and fresh acidity that keeps the structure lively. The finish is long and slightly bitter in the way of aged qvevri wines.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtana Wines is owned and run by Anastasia Akhvlediani and Mariam Palavandishvili, grandchildren of Dimitri (Tito) Rcheulishvili. Vineyards are farmed biodynamically in the village of Artana, on the southern slopes of the Greater Caucasus in northern Kakheti. The Kisi fruit for this wine comes from a separate site in Kistauri.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Artana","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12983056531511,"sku":"ARTAKISI20C","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/artana-kisi-georgian-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1638718525","url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/products\/kisi-artana-kakheti-georgia-orange-natural-wine","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}