Mujuretuli is a red
wine
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grape
A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus '' Vitis''. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters.
The cultivation of grapes began perhaps 8,000 years a ...
grown in
Georgia
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* Georgia (country), a country in the Caucasus region of Eurasia
* Georgia (U.S. state), a state in the Southeast United States
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* Related to the ...
. It is also known as Mudzhuretuli, Mudshuretuli and Keduretuli.
History
The grape is planted exclusively in its ancestral home Georgia. Since 1907, it has been blended with
Aleksandrouli to make
Khvanchkara wine.
Distribution and Wines
Used in Georgia to produce a varietal rosé and a medium bodied, semi-dry, chewy blend (with
Alexandrouli) having good acids and claimed to have aroma flavors reminiscent of
pomegranate
The pomegranate (''Punica granatum'') is a fruit-bearing deciduous shrub in the family Lythraceae, subfamily Punicoideae, that grows between tall.
The pomegranate was originally described throughout the Mediterranean Basin, Mediterranean re ...
s.
Vine and Viticulture
It has long clusters of deep purple grapes.
See also
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Georgian wine
Georgia is the oldest wine producing region in the world. The fertile valleys and protective slopes of the South Caucasus were home to grapevine cultivation and neolithic wine production ( ka, ღვინო, ''ɣvino'') for at least 8000 years ...
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List of Georgian wine appellations
The following is a list of Georgian wine appellations. 20 appellations are registered with Sakpatenti, Georgia's national intellectual property center. 18 are described in a book published in 2010, and the 19th and 20th were announced in 2018 and ...
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Red wine grape varieties
Georgian wine