Region
Racha-Lechkhumi
148 wines in the catalogue
8000 History
Khvanchkara
Khvanchkara · Racha-Lechkhumi · Naturally semi-sweet
RedWinery with own production
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A naturally semi-sweet red Georgian wine made from Aleksandrouli and Mujuretuli, appellation of Khvanchkara. Produced by 8000 History, a winery with its own production.
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Style attributes
What the bottle actually is.
Comparable values, collected the same way for every wine in the catalogue. Anything we do not know is left empty.
- Color
- Red
- Sweetness
- Naturally semi-sweet
- Tannin
- no data on record
- Winemaking
- no data on record
- Region
- Racha-Lechkhumi
- Appellation
- Khvanchkara
- Alcohol
- 12.5 %
- Volume
- 750 ml
- Closure
- no data on record
- Packaging
- no data on record
- Market
- no data on record
- Natural
- no data on record
- Certification
- no data on record
Grape varieties
stylederived from the wine's styleeverything else is the producer's declaration or a public register. Where a fact is not published we leave the field empty rather than guess.
Serving
How to serve it, and what to expect in the glass.
Glass
Universal tulip
A medium tulip: sweetness reads without extra air, and a big bowl would only let the wine warm up.
How glass shapes differServing temperature
12–14 °C
Serve slightly chilled (12–14 °C); pairs with blue cheese, desserts, spicy dishes.
Aroma and taste
Aroma
no data on record
Taste
Hue
Red
Goes well with
styleCheeseDessertsFruit
When to open it
Glass, temperature, food and occasion are derived from the wine's style by catalogue rules, not from reviews.
Prices
What it costs, where, and how that moved.
Offers on record
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Shelf price over time
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About these figures
The median of the shops above is the price quoted everywhere on this page. Each price carries the date it was collected; shop names open the shop's own listing.
The winery
Who made it, and what they are.
No production photography on file
Photos come from the winery's own site, with the source named under each image.
Winery
8000 History
Winery with own production
Category
Winery with own production
Origin
Where the grapes were grown.
On the map
All regions- Racha-Lechkhumi — the region of this wine
- Khvanchkara — the PDO zone
- Other regions
Appellation
Khvanchkara
High authenticity risk
What to check for KhvanchkaraWhat to check for Khvanchkara
Khvanchkara is a naturally semi-sweet red PDO from Racha, made only from Aleksandrouli and Mujuretuli grapes grown in a small demarcated micro-zone around Ambrolauri. Because these two grapes grow on a very limited area (the core micro-zone is on the order of tens of hectares, within roughly 900 ha of Racha vineyards) while the name is among Georgia's most famous, the volume sold under the name has historically exceeded what the zone can produce, and falsification of the name is well documented in the wine press. What to check: confirm the producer is registered in the Racha/Khvanchkara zone and owns or sources Aleksandrouli/Mujuretuli grapes there, and treat unusually cheap 'Khvanchkara' with caution.
Recognition
Medals, with the competition and the year attached.
A medal on its own is decoration. Each one here carries the competition, the year and the weight of that competition.
No awards on record
We do not invent recognition. When a competition publishes results for this wine, they appear here with the year and the weight of the competition.
Similar in style
Close in style, not in price.
Matched on colour, sweetness, grape and region, and — where recorded — on tannin, aging vessel and technology. One wine per winery, none from this wine's own winery. Price plays no part, and no place is for sale.
Sources
Every claim on this page has a source.
Sources on this page
- 1.Catalogue record — colour, sweetness, technology and grapes, from the producer's site or the label.
- 2.National Wine Agency register — appellations and producer records.
Glassware, serving temperature, food and occasion are derived from the wine's style by catalogue rules. They are labelled as such wherever they appear.
Producers can respond
8000 History can answer anything on this page. Responses are published next to the claim they answer.
If a figure here is wrong, the methodology page explains how we source, date and correct it.