Appellation

Atenuri

Atenuri is a protected designation of origin (PDO) in Kartli, Georgia, registered on December 10, 2007. Under its specification, Atenuri is dry white wine from Chinuri, Goruli Mtsvane, or Aligoté, bottled only inside the zone.

Registered: 2007
In the catalogue: 2

Official specification — National Wine Agency, register no. 792

On the label

What the label should show

The name Atenuri as a protected designation of origin (PDO).
Grapes allowed by the specification: Chinuri, Goruli Mtsvane, or Aligoté.
Bottled inside the zone: the specification does not allow bottling elsewhere.

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.

Shida Kartli, Gori district: the foot of the northern slopes of the Trialeti range in the Tana gorge, south of Gori; vineyards at 580–750 m. The varieties are Chinuri, Goruli Mtsvane and Aligoté; the wine is white dry, sparkling among others, as the valley has long made it.

In the zone's specification

Grapes: Chinuri, Goruli Mtsvane, Aligoté

Wine types: White, dry

Vineyard altitude: 580–750 m above sea level

Yield: no more than 10 t per hectare

Alcohol: no less than 11%

Bottling: inside the zone only

Source: the appellation specification, register no. 792 — National Wine Agency

Authenticity risk: no flag

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

Atenuri is a white PDO from the Ateni gorge near Gori in Shida (Inner) Kartli, made from Chinuri with Goruli Mtsvane and Aligoté, traditionally in a lightly sparkling / naturally fizzy style. It is a distinctive regional appellation with no notable authenticity concern; the wine should come from the registered Ateni zone.

How we weigh authenticity risk

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