Kvareli

Name: Kvareli
Brand: Chelti

Chelti

BronzeInternational Wine & Spirit Competition 2025

Bronze at International Wine & Spirit Competition 2025. Appellation of Kvareli: a dry red wine from Saperavi. The classic method, ageing in oak barriques, 13.5% alcohol. Chelti is an estate winery.

Style attributes

Color: Red
Tannin: No data
Sweetness: Dry
Aging vessel: Barrique
Technology: European
Natural: Wild yeast
Volume: 750 ml
Alcohol: 13.5%

Grape varieties: Saperavi

Recognition

BronzeInternational Wine & Spirit Competition 2025
Major competitionvintages: 2019

Medals are weighted by competition credibility — a gold from a pay-to-play contest is not a gold from Decanter.

Vintages: 2021, 2019

Origin

Producer:CheltiEstate winery

Region: Kakheti

Appellation: Kvareli

Serving

Glass

Bordeaux glass

Tall bowl with a narrowing rim: gathers the aroma and softens the alcohol — the shape for dense, tannic reds.

Aroma and taste

Aroma

Tobacco
Blackberry
Oak
Cherry
Red berries
Spices

Taste

Full-bodied
Grippy tannins

Hue

Ruby

According to retailers

When to open it

Derived from the wine's style by catalog rules, not from reviews.