2022 Makaridze 'Tsolikouri' White
Makaridze Winery is located in Imereti, Georgia, and now operates with the 5th generation at the helm. Gogita at the age of 23 decided to continue the family tradition and quit his basic job at the local town hall in the area, to plant his first vineyard and create a mashup of tradition, winemaking, and heritage, creating natural wines with traditional Georgian wines methods, which included it in the NWA (National Wine Association). The vines are located in Terjola, on the right bank of the Chkhara River, on slopes with clay and limestone soils and an altitude of 250-300 meters, giving the wines volume and aromatic richness. The grapes are placed in the traditional qvevri clay containers buried in the earth, so that the fermentation takes place at the natural temperature of the soil and gives a wine with non-existent barrel aromas, but intense citrus and a lot of nerve, which gives it freshness and purity.