Appellation

Sviri

Sviri is a protected designation of origin (PDO) in Imereti, Georgia, registered on December 10, 2007. Under its specification, Sviri is dry white wine from Tsolikouri, Tsitska, or Krakhuna.

Registered: 2007
In the catalogue: 4

Official specification — National Wine Agency, register no. 793

On the label

What the label should show

The name Sviri as a protected designation of origin (PDO).
Grapes allowed by the specification: Tsolikouri, Tsitska, or Krakhuna.

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.

Imereti, the left bank of the Kvirila, a tributary of the Rioni, on the northern slopes of the central Imeretian foothills. The elevation is just 220 m, the climate humid subtropical with a mild winter. The zone covers Pirveli Sviri, Meore Sviri and the lands of Rodinauli. The wine is a dry white from Tsolikouri, Tsitska and Krakhuna.

In the zone's specification

Grapes: Tsolikouri, Tsitska, Krakhuna

Wine types: White, dry

Vineyard altitude: 220 m above sea level

Yield: no more than 10 t per hectare

Alcohol: no less than 11%

Bottling: outside the zone, but within Georgia

Villages of the zone · 3

Pirveli Sviri, Meore Sviri, Rodinauli

Source: the appellation specification, register no. 793 — National Wine Agency

Authenticity risk: no flag

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

Sviri is a dry white PDO from the village of Sviri in the Zestaponi municipality of Imereti (western Georgia), made from a blend of Tsolikouri, Tsitska and Krakhuna. It is an established Imeretian dry appellation whose supply broadly matches the zone, with no notable authenticity concern; the wine should come from the registered Sviri zone.

How we weigh authenticity risk

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