Rkatsiteli 'Amphora'

• Rkatsiteli (vine clonal material from Besini, Georgia)
• The vineyards are situated on a mixture of red clay and loam that provides great natural drainage
• Hand harvested and hand sorted
• Crushed and then fermented in 400L“tinajas” – Catalonian clay amphoras
• After the end of fermentation, the wine was left in contact with the skins and seeds for 1 month, then pressed and left for
• settling
• After racking from the lees the wine was transferred back to the tinajas where it was left for 6 more months on the fine lees.

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