Khvanchkara
Latest vintage 2025Silver · International Wine & Spirit Competition 2026
Monastruli

Khvanchkara

Khvanchkara · Racha-Lechkhumi · Naturally semi-sweet

RedEuropean

A naturally semi-sweet red Georgian wine made from Aleksandrouli and Mujuretuli, appellation of Khvanchkara. Made using the European method; alcohol 12.5%. Sources note cherry on the nose and high acidity on the palate. Produced by Monastruli.

60.50 ₾median of 1 shop · 12 October 2026

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
European
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

Aleksandrouli, Mujuretuli — from the appellation specification, not from data about this wine: a wine named Khvanchkara is not made from any other varieties. the zone's specification

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 differ

Serving temperature

12–14 °C

Serve slightly chilled (12–14 °C); pairs with blue cheese, desserts, spicy dishes.

Aroma and taste

According to retailers

Aroma

Cherry

Taste

High acidity

Hue

Red

Goes well with

style
CheeseDessertsFruit

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

1 shop

Price among similar wines

79 comparable bottles

Pricier than similar wines

0 ₾median 37.70 ₾82 ₾

Comparables share colour, sweetness and producer model: estates, négociants, cooperatives, or all other producers. Price is a reference, not a quality score.

Shelf price over time

Low
60.50 ₾
Median
60.50 ₾
High
60.50 ₾

From 21 August 2026 to 12 October 2026. The series ends on the figure this page quotes.

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.

Origin

Where the grapes were grown.

On the map

All regions
  • Racha-Lechkhumi — the region of this wine
  • Khvanchkara — the PDO zone
  • Other regions

What 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: the producer is registered in the Racha/Khvanchkara zone and owns or buys Aleksandrouli and Mujuretuli grapes there, and the label names the Khvanchkara appellation. The winery's page on getwine shows where it is registered and its vineyards.

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.

Harvest weather

The season, vintage by vintage.

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

  • 2025
    usual warmth
    wet September

    a wetter September than the previous ten

    no frost
  • 2024
    warmer

    warmer than the previous ten years here

    dry September

    a drier September than the previous ten

    no frost

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), grid cell 42.600000 / 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.

Contains modified Copernicus Climate Change Service information 2026. Processed: daily values, elevation adjustment. Licence CC BY 4.0. How the weather is computed

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. 1.Catalogue record — colour, sweetness, technology and grapes, from the producer's site or the label.
  2. 2.Appellation specification — this wine's grape varieties: the zone's document names them; we have no observation of our own.
  3. 3.Shop listings — 1 shop, last checked 12 October 2026.
  4. 4.National Wine Agency register — appellations and producer records.
  5. 5.Competition results, with awards claimed by producers or shops marked as claimed.
  6. 6.ERA5-Land and ERA5 reanalyses (Copernicus Climate Change Service, CC BY 4.0) — harvest weather for vintages on record.

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

Monastruli 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.