Georgia
Tsolikouri - 2022 - Gela Patalishvili
Pheasant's Tears
A surprising nose with notes of yellow apple, kernel almonds, and bergamot... Palate: mineral, saline, with beautiful texture, both ample and taut. A perfect introduction to Georgian wines.
- Size
- 75 cl
- Original features
- Sulfite-free
- Appellation
- Caucasus Georgia
- Degree of alcohol
- 11.5 %
- To drink from
- 2025 to 2028
- rock’n’roll
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100% Tsolikouri from organically farmed vines that have never been exposed to chemicals, planted in the Imereti region in western Georgia. The parcel is located in the village of Shua Gora, on clay-limestone soils. Hand-harvested and vinified at the Pheasant’s Tears winery in Kakheti, in the east. A gentle direct press, which is uncommon in a country known for orange wine. Aged for a year in tanks, bottled without additives, followed by a year of maturation in bottles in the Domaine's cellars.

Gela Patalishvili
Gela Patalishvili is a winegrower and farmer in the Kakheti region of eastern Georgia near the Azeri border. His partner, John Wurdeman, is an American painter based in Georgia since 1998 who is as passionate about Georgia’s polyphonic music and culture as he is about its wine. Their friendship and shared love for wine led them to create Pheasant's Tears in 2007. Gela is a true man of the...
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