Ori Marani, Exile On The Caucuses 2023

Rkatsiteli from Igoeti Village, Shida Kartli, Georgia

Grapes from 2 iconic terroirs: Uroebi and Tsarapi. 70% of the harvest was destemmed and put in Qvevri for 14 days of maceration; the rest pressed directly into Qvevri. After fermentation the wine was pressed and racked back into Qvevri and old 350L French barrels. Bottled unfined and unfiltered with a minimal amount of SO2.

2500 bottles produced.

Ori Marani means “Two Wineries.” Winemaker Bastien Warskotte is originally from Champagne and was raised in a viticultural family before he traveled the world to study winemaking. When he met and married Nino Gvantseladze, the pair decided to settle in Nino’s home country to start their own winery together, with a mission to combine the deep and differing winemaking traditions of their ancestries. Their wines see time in Georgian qvevri and old French barrels. As their winery is relatively new, they do not yet have their own productive vineyards - so they source fruit from a few small organic vineyards whose owners they know and trust. This allows them to explore the diversity of Georgia’s terroir.