Region
Racha-Lechkhumi
161 wines in the catalogue
Estate
Own grapes, own winemaking and bottling — all confirmed by sources
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Large producer
Output from 750,000 litres a year (about a million bottles) or from 100 ha of own vineyards.
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Latest vintage 2015Bronze · International Wine Challenge 2016
Schuchmann Wines
Khvanchkara
Khvanchkara · Racha-Lechkhumi · Naturally semi-sweet
Red
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Silver at Decanter World Wine Awards 2016. A naturally semi-sweet red Georgian wine made from Aleksandrouli and Mujuretuli, appellation of Khvanchkara. The classic method, ageing in a neutral vessel. Produced by Schuchmann Wines.
What sets it apart
37.50 ₾median of 2 shops · 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
- Medium
- Winemaking
- European · Neutral vessel
- Region
- Racha-Lechkhumi
- Appellation
- Khvanchkara
- Alcohol
- no data on record
- Volume
- 750 ml
- Closure
- no data on record
- Packaging
- no data on record
- Market
- Domestic and export
- 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
Tannin: Medium
Hue
Red
Goes well with
styleDessertsCheese
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
2 shops
- 8000 VintagesLowest35.00 ₾12 October 2026
12 October 2026
- Alcozon40.00 ₾12 October 2026
12 October 2026
Price among similar wines
39 comparable bottles
In line with similar wines
0 ₾median 35.50 ₾106 ₾
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
- 35.00 ₾
- Median
- 37.50 ₾
- High
- 40.00 ₾
From 18 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
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: 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.
- BronzeInternational Wine Challenge 2016Major competition · vintage 2015
- Decanter World Wine Awards 2016Major competition · vintage 201590
Harvest weather
The season, vintage by vintage.
What the season was like in Khvanchkara compared with the previous decade.
- 2015warmer
warmer than the previous ten years here
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.Catalogue record — colour, sweetness, technology and grapes, from the producer's site or the label.
- 2.Shop listings — 2 shops, last checked 12 October 2026.
- 3.National Wine Agency register — appellations and producer records.
- 4.Competition results, with awards claimed by producers or shops marked as claimed.
- 5.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
Schuchmann Wines 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.