Chito's Rkatsiteli 2020
Lively, strong Oceanic shellfish nose, a fresh breeze of sea air, minerality, seahorse fossils in the soil, waxed vinyl, aged in Kwervi vessels, dusty walnut finish. 4 months skin contact.
Pairing: Oysters, shellfish, goey cheese, flammkuchen, bachemel sauce, white lasagna, quiche
Chitoshvili, a professional pianist, leaped onto the wine path in 2010, starting as a wine tour guide. With the help from the Georgian natural wine pioneers, Nino released her first bottles in 2017.
The artisanal winery of Nino produces a limited volume of superb Georgian wines in a Martkopi village, a 30-minute drive from the Tbilisi capital. Traditionally to Kakheti, a blend of Rkatsiteli and Mtsvane and varietal Saperavi wines are vinified with skins and stems and then matured in clay qvevri vessels over the winter.
