Red grape variety
Malbec
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Malbec is a red grape variety from France. In the National Wine Agency's 2025 vineyard cadastre it covers 14 ha on 21 plots, 14 ha of them in Kakheti.
- Wines in the catalogue
- 10
- Wineries
- 5
- Vineyards, ha · cadastre 2025
- 14
About the variety
Malbec — Côt in French ampelography — is a red variety from south-western France; VIVC records its parents as Prunelard and Magdeleine Noire des Charentes, the latter also a parent of Merlot. In Georgia it is grown on a small scale, for varietal reds and blends.
- Berry colour
- red
- Origin
- Franceper VIVC passport
- Typical tannin
- Medium
- Where it grows — by catalogue wines
- Kakheti7 wines
Typical tannin of a dry wine from this variety; a given wine may differ.
What it looks like
Bunch, berries and leaf
Wines
Wines from Malbec
Marani Premium Rosé Medium Sweet
Telavi Wine Cellar
Kakheti
A semi-sweet rosé Georgian wine made from Saperavi, Malbec and Aleksandrouli, region of Kakheti. Made using the European method, aged in a neutral vessel; alcohol 11.5%. According to the winery: 30 days of fermentation. Sources note floral, peach and raspberry on the nose and light-bodied on the palate. Produced by Telavi Wine Cellar.
Reserve Rouge
Château Buera
Kakheti
Region of Kakheti: a dry red wine from Malbec, Cabernet Franc and Cabernet Sauvignon. Made using the European method, aged in oak barriques; alcohol 13.5%. Sources note red berries on the nose and velvety on the palate. Produced by Château Buera.
Sparkling Rose Brut
Majesta
A brut rosé sparkling Georgian wine made from Saperavi, Malbec and Aleksandrouli. Produced by Majesta.
Sparkling Rose Semi Sweet
Majesta
A rosé sparkling Georgian wine made from Saperavi, Malbec and Aleksandrouli. Produced by Majesta.
Malbec
Barbales Marani
A dry red Georgian wine made from Malbec. The classic method, 13.6% alcohol. Made at Barbales Marani.
Malbec
Tsinandali Estate
Kakheti
Malbec from Kakheti: a dry red Georgian wine. Made using the European method, aged in a neutral vessel; alcohol 13.5%. Produced by Tsinandali Estate. Declared: organic.
Marani Premium Rosé Brut
Telavi Wine Cellar
Kakheti
Region of Kakheti: a brut rosé sparkling wine from Saperavi, Malbec and Aleksandrouli. The classic method, ageing in a neutral vessel, 12.5% alcohol. The winery states: 30 days of fermentation. As described by sources: on the nose, herbal, lees and red berries. Produced by Telavi Wine Cellar.
Marani Premium Rosé Medium Dry
Telavi Wine Cellar
Kakheti
Saperavi, Malbec and Aleksandrouli from Kakheti: a off-dry rosé Georgian wine. The classic method, ageing in a neutral vessel, 12% alcohol. The winery states: 30 days of fermentation. As described by sources: on the nose, red berries and strawberry. Produced by Telavi Wine Cellar.
Saperavi Malbec
Tsinandali Estate
Kakheti
A dry red Georgian wine made from Saperavi and Malbec, region of Kakheti. Made using the European method, aged in a neutral vessel; alcohol 14.5%. Produced by Tsinandali Estate.
Marani Gemieri Red
Telavi Wine Cellar
Kakheti
Region of Kakheti: a off-dry red wine from Saperavi, Malbec and Aleksandrouli. Produced by Telavi Wine Cellar.
Where the data comes from
Sources for this page
Description
Facts from ampelographic sources and the country's official registers, in our own words.
Photos
Openly licensed photographs and photos from winery websites; the source of each frame:
- Bunch on the vine · photo: Lapastoure Didier / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Bunch on the vine · photo: Lapastoure Didier / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Bunch · photo: Robert Pitkin / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 2.0
- Leaf · photo: Agne27 / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
- Vineyard · photo: Chateau Chambert / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY-SA 3.0
Typical tannin
For reference: set only when two independent sources name the level.
Origin
The variety's passport in the Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC).
Vineyard area
Vineyard cadastre 2025, National Wine Agency: plots registered under this variety; plots without an identified variety are not counted.
Wines
Our catalogue: the grape make-up comes from the winery's site or the label.
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