Appellation

Bolnisi

Bolnisi is a protected designation of origin (PDO) in Kartli, Georgia, registered on July 19, 2018.

Registered: 2018
In the catalogue: 8

Official specification — National Wine Agency

On the label

What the label should show

The name Bolnisi as a protected designation of origin (PDO).

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.

Kvemo Kartli, Bolnisi district: the basins of the Mashavera and the Khrami, with vineyards at 500–800 m. The zone covers the town of Bolnisi and more than twenty villages. The wines are white, amber, red and rosé, all dry: the whites from Rkatsiteli, Chinuri and Goruli Mtsvane, the reds from Saperavi, Shavkapito, Tavkveri and Asuretuli Shavi.

In the zone's specification

Grapes

White, dry: Rkatsiteli, Chinuri, Goruli Mtsvane

Amber, dry: Rkatsiteli, Chinuri, Goruli Mtsvane

Red, dry: Saperavi, Tavkveri, Shavkapito, Asuretuli Shala

Rosé, dry: any of the zone's grapes

Vineyard altitude: 500–800 m above sea level

Yield: no more than 10 t per hectare

Villages of the zone · 23

Ratevani, Khatisopeli, Rachisubani, Savaneti, Talaveri, Kvemo Arkevani, Samtredo, Chapala, Zvareti, Bolnisi, Kveshi, Mushevani, Akaurta, Disveli, Kvemo Bolnisi, Samtsevrisi, Nakhiduri, Tsurtavi, Parizi, Tamarisi, Vanati, Kianeti, Mamkhuti

Source: the appellation specification — National Wine Agency

Authenticity risk: no flag

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

Bolnisi is a PDO from the Bolnisi area of Kvemo (Lower) Kartli, permitting several styles — white, amber, rosé and red — from a range of grape varieties. It is a broad, comparatively new Kartli appellation with no notable authenticity concern; the wine should come from the registered Bolnisi zone.

How we weigh authenticity risk

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