TAMUNA’S WINE
Gremi
Kakheti
Tamuna Bidzinashvili alongside her good friend Ketevan Berishvili (from Gogo Wines) is part of a new generation of women in the natural wine world of Georgia. Tamuna, created her Marani in the Kakheti region in 2014, which she named Kortavebis Marani.
She decided to plant thirty different grape varieties in a small vineyard of 2.5 hectares in an aim to promote and highlight the Georgian viticultural heritage. This is expressed in her amazing field blend rosé called ’35 Sorts of Grapes’.
Whilst waiting for her first young vines to grow, she started buying grapes from local growers to make her first wines. Five years later, she managed to make more than 60% of her wines with her own grapes.
Soils are predominantly red clay and white stones.
Her approach is very much focused on respecting regional traditions. White grapes are macerated on the skins, pips and stems and fermentation and ageing is all done in Qvevri. Wines are bottled unfiltered.
Kiss Kakhuri Mtsvane
Vintage 2021
Style Orange
Region Gremi, Kakheti
Varieties Kakhuri Mtsvane
ABV 12.5%
Soils Red clay and white stones
Farming Organic
Winemaking Mtsvane is sourced from a 3ha plot of vines. Maceration on the skins for 9 months and ageing in Qvevri for 9 months. Fermentation, maceration and ageing are all processed in the traditional Qvevris.
Tasting Note Dark amber skin contact style, showcasing notes of marmalade, sultanas, dried figs and caramel as well as more savoury tones of incense and saffron aromas.
35 Sorts of Grapes
Vintage 2020
Style Rosé
Region Gremi, Kakheti
Varieties Field blend
ABV 11%
Soils Red clay and white stones
Farming Organic
Winemaking Grapes are harvested and vinified all together. The 35 grapes are grown together in the same plot. Fermentation on the skins for 10 days and and ageing in Qvevri for 9 months. The wines is vinified, fermented and aged in Qvevri. No filtration.
Tasting Note Sour cherry and wild blackberries, rosehip and wet earth on the nose, lead the way to a complex dark and savoury rosé with beautiful woody spice and bright acidity.
3 Varieties of Grapes
Vintage 2022
Style Rosé
Region Gremi, Kakheti
Varieties Kisi, Khikhvi, Saperavi
ABV
Soils Red clay and white stones
Farming Organic
Winemaking Made with a split of 45% Kisi, 45% Khikhvi and just 10% of Saperavi. Despite the small amout of red grapes and the failry short maceration of just 5 days, this dark rosé has an incredible texture and tension to remind us of some delicious light reds from southern Ardeche. After the maceration grapes are pressed and sugars are finished in Qvevru over 9 months.
Tasting Note Earthy blueberry fruit, cassis, sage and violet notes. Feels more like a light red than a dark rosé. Very fragrant, balanced and unique.
Kiss of Saperavi
Vintage 2021
Style Rosé
Region Gremi, Kakheti
Varieties Kisi, Rkatsiteli, Saperavi
ABV 12.5%
Soils Red clay and white stones
Farming Organic
Winemaking Made with a blend of 70% Kisi, 20% Rkatsiteli and a splash of Saperavi (10%). The wine is spontaneously fermented and matured on the skins for 7 days. This is followed by maturation in Qvevri for 9 months.
Tasting Note Fragrant nose of raspberry and red cherry fruit, lends to notes of rose and blossom lifted by earthy tones of cedar and pink pepper. The palate marries the feel of a classic textural Georgian orange with generous red fruit from the Saperavi addition.
ChinSa
Vintage 2020
Style Red
Region Vaziani, Kartli
Varieties Chinuri, Saperavi
ABV 12.5%
Soils Red clay and white stones
Farming Organic
Winemaking Mostly Chinuri grapes from the same vineyard used for Tamuna’s skin macerate ChinChinuri. Fruit is purchased from a friend’s old vineyard (100 yo vines) in the neighbouring Kartli region. Chinuri was harvested on October 1st, de-stemmed (except for 30% which was kept as whole clusters) and fed to the qvevri, creating a semi-carbonic maceration.
In addition, a small portion of Saperavi juice was blended in during fermentation, giving the wine its delicate rosé hue and depth.
Tasting Note A beautiful co-ferment of Chinuri and Saperavi resulting in beautiful aromas of blueberries and black plums alongside notes of sage and dampen earth. On the palate savoury notes of dry black tea and warm terracotta come to mind.
Temo Saperavi
Vintage 2022
Style Red
Region Gremi, Kakheti
Varieties Saperavi
ABV
Soils Red clay and white stones
Farming Organic
Winemaking The wine is spontaneously fermented and sees a short maceration of just 5 days on the skins. Grapes are then pressed and returned to Qvevri to age on their lees for 9 months. Bottled unfined and unfiltered.
Tasting Note A fresher interpretation of this inky Georgian grape, made with a gentle extraction. Think redcurrant jam, mint tones lending on to aromas cassis and black tea.
Shakirva Rkatsiteli
Vintage 2020
Style Red
Region Gremi, Kakheti
Varieties Shakirva Rkatsiteli or Black Rkatsiteli
ABV 12.5%
Soils Red clay and white stones
Farming Organic
Winemaking Maceration with full skins for 12 days in Qvevri followed by 10 months in Demijohns. This is considered on the of the most rare Georgian varietals that Tamuna has planted when she initiated the project. Tamuna’s Wine is the only winemaker in the world that is working and bottling this variety.
Tasting Note Fresh damson, black plum, geranium, sage and black pepper. The nose is fragrant and refined, on the palate notes of coffee, blackcurrant come through with beautiful smooth tannins. Lots of potential for ageing.
ChinChinuri
Vintage 2022
Style Orange
Region Vaziani, Kartli
Varieties Chinuri
ABV 12.5%
Soils Red clay, alluvions
Farming Organic
Winemaking This dry white is made from Chinuri grapes grown on the red, iron-rich clay soils of the village of Viziani. The vines here are up to 100 years old, producing grapes with remarkable concentration and depth. Harvest took place at the end of September. Seventy percent of the fruit was de-stemmed and direct pressed, while the remaining 30% was left in whole clusters and added to the pressed juice in qvevri. This created a semi-carbonic maceration effect, resulting in a partly macerated wine that carries the typical richness of Georgian orange wine, while also offering plenty of drinkability and freshness.
Tasting Note