Tsinandali ( ''t’vishits’inandali'') white wine comes from

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It is made from Rkatsiteli and Mtsvane grapes and comes from the

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and

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area of Kakheti. Tsinandali is fermented at cool temperatures and matured for two to three years to bring out the complexity. Tsinandali can be aged for a further five, adopting some nutty bottle-aged characters in the process. It has a pale golden color and a light body. The flavor is light, with a moderate finish.

History

Wine production in Georgia is very long-standing with a history going back at least 8000 years. Its production is also associated with the arrival of

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, brought by St. Nino in the fourth century AD. Georgia produces over 50 wine types and is the home of over 500 grape varieties. Production was small scale at first but became increasingly large-scale and standardized until the Soviet era, which placed emphasis on quantity rather than quality and differentiated the industry into three parts, growers, fermenters and bottlers. Since the breakup of the

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, the industry has been vertically integrated into smaller scale but full-cycle production.

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"Hvino News" - daily wine news from Georgia in English, industry databases, documentation/laws, forumGeorgian Wine Catalogue with independent wine rating
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