Khvanchkara

Name: Khvanchkara
Brand: JRB

JRB

Red · semi-sweet · Racha-Lechkhumi

Median price49.00 ₾Pricier than similar wines

Mujuretuli and Aleksandrouli from Khvanchkara: a semi-sweet red Georgian wine. Made using the European method; alcohol 12%. Sources note red berries on the nose. Produced by JRB.

Style attributes

Color: Red
Sweetness: Semi-sweet
Technology: European
Volume: 750 ml
Alcohol: 12%

No data: Tannin, Aging vessel

Grape varieties: Aleksandrouli, Mujuretuli

Recognition: No recorded awards.

Vintages: 2024

Origin

Producer:JRBNot enough data

Region: Racha-Lechkhumi

Appellation: KhvanchkaraHigh authenticity risk

What to check for this appellation

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.

Harvest weather

What the season was like in Khvanchkara compared with the previous decade.

2024
warmer
warmer than the previous ten years here
dry September
a drier September than the previous ten
no frost
no spring frost down to −2 °C after 10 April

Where these figures come from

Only the unusual is coloured: warmth and September rain are compared with this area's mean over the previous ten years; a frost means a minimum of −2 °C or lower after 10 April. An uncoloured indicator means “as usual”, a dashed one means no data. How the year went in other zones is behind the year link.

ERA5-Land reanalysis, precipitation from ERA5 (Copernicus Climate Change Service) via the Open-Meteo archive, grid cell 42.600006 / 43.000000. The comparison is with this zone's own mean over the previous ten years: against the 1991–2020 climate normal almost every recent year in Kakheti would read as "warmer than usual", which says more about warming than about the season. This is a gridded model, not a weather station in the vineyard.

Warmth and rain explain what the season was like; they do not replace tasting and do not tell you whether the wine is ready to drink.