Marani Kindzmarauli BIO

Name: Marani Kindzmarauli BIO
Brand: Telavi Wine Cellar

Telavi Wine Cellar · Marani

BronzeInternational Wine Challenge 2014 SilverMundusvini 2014 BronzeENOEXPO 2014

A semi-sweet red Georgian wine made from Saperavi, appellation of Kindzmarauli. Made using the European method; 5 days of skin maceration. Alcohol 11%. Sources note red berries, blackberry and plum on the nose and balanced acidity on the palate. Produced by Telavi Wine Cellar, a large producer with its own vineyards.

Style attributes

Color: Red
Tannin: No data
Sweetness: Semi-sweet
Aging vessel: No data
Technology: European
Technology: 5 days of skin maceration
Volume: 750 ml
Alcohol: 11%

Grape varieties: Saperavi

Recognition

BronzeInternational Wine Challenge 2014
Unknown weightvintages: 2012
Claimed by the winery — not verified against the competition's own results.
SilverMundusvini 2014
Unknown weightvintages: 2012
Claimed by the winery — not verified against the competition's own results.
BronzeENOEXPO 2014
Unknown weightvintages: 2012
Claimed by the winery — not verified against the competition's own results.

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

Vintages: 2023, 2012

Origin

Producer:Telavi Wine CellarLarge producer, own vineyards

Region: Kakheti

Appellation: KindzmarauliElevated authenticity risk

What to check for this appellation

Kindzmarauli is a naturally semi-sweet red PDO from the Kvareli micro-zone in Kakheti, made exclusively from Saperavi, with sweetness achieved by arrested fermentation rather than added sugar. It is one of Georgia's best-known names and its demarcated zone is limited (open estimates put the registered zone in the low-to-mid hundreds of hectares), so demand can exceed authentic zone output and the name is sometimes stretched to Saperavi grown outside the zone. What to check: confirm the wine is Saperavi from the registered Kindzmarauli zone in Kvareli and that the producer sources grapes there.