{"product_id":"rkatsiteli-artana-kakheti-georgia-orange-wine-natural-wine","title":"Rkatsiteli Amber Wine 2019","description":"\u003cp\u003eThis is 100% Rkatsiteli from Artana's estate vineyards in the village of Artana, on the southern slopes of the Caucasus mountains in Kakheti, eastern Georgia. The Rkatsiteli vines were planted in 1975. Grapes are harvested by hand in late September, pressed directly into qvevri without stems, and fermented spontaneously using native yeasts. The wine undergoes six months of skin contact in buried clay qvevri, which pulls the deep amber color and phenolic grip characteristic of the Kakhetian style. No sulfites are added and the wine is bottled unfiltered.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eQvevri winemaking is the oldest continuous winemaking method in the world and was inscribed by UNESCO as Intangible Cultural Heritage in 2013. In the Kakhetian tradition, white grapes ferment with their skins, seeds, and sometimes stems sealed inside the buried vessel through winter, then are racked into a second clean qvevri in spring. The result is structurally closer to a red wine than a conventional white: firm tannins, low residual sugar, and a color that ranges from golden copper to deep amber.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eRkatsiteli is one of Georgia's oldest documented grape varieties, with origins traced to eastern Georgia dating back at least 3,000 years. In its qvevri-fermented, skin-contact form, the grape produces a full-bodied wine with dried apricot, orange peel, walnut, and tea tannins. The wine is dry, with residual sugar under 1 g\/L, and alcohol at 13.2% ABV.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eArtana Wines was founded in 2014 by Anastasia Akhvlediani and Mariam Palavandishvili, grandchildren of Dimitri Rcheulishvili, who is credited with introducing Cabernet Sauvignon to Georgia. The winery farms its Artana vineyards using organic and biodynamic practices (uncertified) and produces wines without additives or fining agents under the gVINO label.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Artana","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":12983082287159,"sku":"ARTARKAT20C","price":33.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0019\/3363\/9735\/products\/artana-rkatsiteli-georgian-natural-wine-primal-wine.jpg?v=1780187798","url":"https:\/\/primalwine.com\/products\/rkatsiteli-artana-kakheti-georgia-orange-wine-natural-wine","provider":"Primal Wine","version":"1.0","type":"link"}