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Dato's Wines, Chkhaveri Amber, 2024

Orange Wine from Georgia, Georgia
by Dato's Wines
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An amber wine from one of Georgia's least-exported regions. Dato's Wine is the family cellar of David Kobidze, working in the village of Erketi in Guria, a lush, rainy zone in western Georgia that sits well off the qvevri-tourism trail of Kakheti. Chkhaveri is Guria's endemic grape, a pale-skinned red that gets bottled here as amber, rosé, or red depending on the vintage. For this bottling, the hand-harvested fruit is crushed and only the free-run juice goes into qvevri, where it ferments with wild yeast and minimal skin contact. The result reads more like a textured white than a heavy orange wine: pale amber in the glass, lifted and floral, with the salinity and savory edge that only buried clay seems to coax out. Part of the fruit is sourced from a single vine over 100 years old.

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Wine Details

  • Grape Variety

    Chkaveri

  • Vintage

    2024

  • Size

    750ml

  • Sweetness

    Dry

  • Body

    Light Bodied

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Tasting Notes & Food Pairings

Perfect Pairings

Built for the table: khachapuri, grilled trout, roast pork with stone fruit, lentil stews, or anything with walnuts and herbs. Try it with charcuterie, hard cheeses, or a Moroccan tagine with apricots and almonds.

Tasting Profile

Pale amber color belies a layered nose of dried apricot, beeswax, orange peel, and chamomile. The palate is dry and textured with gentle phenolic grip, bright acidity, and a long, saline finish carrying tea-leaf and quince.