Appellation

Akhasheni

Akhasheni is a protected designation of origin (PDO) in Kakheti, Georgia, registered on August 30, 2005. Under its specification, Akhasheni is wine from Saperavi.

Registered: 2005
In the catalogue: 12

Official specification — National Wine Agency, register no. 4

On the label

What the label should show

The name Akhasheni as a protected designation of origin (PDO).
Grapes allowed by the specification: Saperavi.

These are requirements of the specification. A label that meets them complies with the specification; it does not prove that the bottle is genuine.

The zone

What its specification sets.

Inner Kakheti, the middle Alazani: the strip between the Chermiskhevi and Papriskhevi tributaries on the slopes of Tsiv-Gombori. The zone covers Akhasheni, Zegaani, Chumlaki and the neighbouring lands. Saperavi is the only variety and the wine is red naturally semi-sweet. The yield is capped at ten tonnes per hectare.

In the zone's specification

Grapes: Saperavi

Yield: no more than 10 t per hectare

Alcohol: no less than 10.5%

Villages of the zone · 4

Zegaani, Akhasheni, Chumlaki, Kitaani

Source: the appellation specification, register no. 4 — National Wine Agency

Authenticity risk: no flag

We hold no evidence of elevated risk. Not a guarantee of authenticity.

Akhasheni is a naturally semi-sweet red PDO from the Gurjaani municipality of Kakheti, made exclusively from Saperavi with natural residual sugar.

How we weigh authenticity risk

On the map

Kakheti — the region
Akhasheni — the PDO zone
Other regions

Red

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