Wine Review - 2011 Tblivino Rkatsiteli: Light And Crisp White From The Republic Of Georgia
We purchased this wine a while ago at a Cristall Wine Merchants where they were selling this and a Saperavi (Georgian Red) where we had previously done a quick Blog post about ( see that here ). Coincidently, the Georgian Lelos beat the Oaks of Romania for placement in the 2015 Rugby World Cup yesterday as well. Go Georgia and good luck against the All Blacks. :) We were talking to a former staffer who gave us some insight on how these Georgian wines came to Nova Scotia and how expensive it was to get them here. Having to have the wines shipped from Georgia to Germany then on to Canada. That said, they retailed for less than $20 so it would be interesting to know the wholesale price. The bottle is dark so we incorrectly assumed that would be a golden or amber wine. In fact, this is a very light colour wine, it borders on clear with a little fizz in the bottom of the glass. Really interesting look to the wine made even more su...