What is Khashmi (Saperavi Khashmi)?

Appellation

Khashmi (Saperavi Khashmi)

Khashmi (Saperavi Khashmi) is a protected designation of origin (PDO) in Kakheti, Georgia, registered on April 6, 2018. Under its specification, Khashmi (Saperavi Khashmi) is dry red wine from Saperavi.

Registered: 2018
In the catalogue: 14

Official specification — National Wine Agency, register no. 975

On the label

What the label should show

The name Khashmi (Saperavi Khashmi) 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.

Outer Kakheti, Sagarejo district: the lands of Khashmi village on the left bank of the Iori, at 730–800 m — higher than almost any other Kakhetian zone. Saperavi is the only variety and the wine is red dry. The plot is compact, about nine square kilometres.

In the zone's specification

Grapes: Saperavi

Wine types: Red, dry

Vineyard altitude: 730–800 m above sea level

Yield: no more than 10 t per hectare

Bottling: outside the zone, but within Georgia

Source: the appellation specification, register no. 975 — National Wine Agency

Authenticity risk: no flag

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

Khashmi, registered as 'Saperavi Khashmi', is a dry red PDO from the village of Khashmi in the Sagarejo municipality of Kakheti, made from Saperavi. It is a dry appellation with no notable authenticity concern; the wine should be Saperavi from the registered Khashmi zone.

How we weigh authenticity risk

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