Wine Rkatsiteli dry white: reviews

Wine Rkatsiteli is produced in all "grape" countries in the post-Soviet space. It is made from the same grape variety and is often dry. He has a complex fruit bouquet and a characteristic aroma. The color of dry Rkatsiteli wine is very rich with an amber tint.

Georgian wine

In Georgia, many white varieties are growing, but it is the "rkatsiteli" that is the most common, and by the way, the most inexpensive. Rkatsiteli wine was especially popular during the Soviet era. But it is worth noting that the best wine always turned out exactly in Georgia.

About grapes

Now this variety is grown mainly only in Kakheti, although it is found not only in other regions of this mountainous country, but also in Ukraine, Russia and Moldova. Any kind of grapes from which wine is produced is quite fastidious. And Rkatsiteli is no exception. Special methods are used for its cultivation.

Most often Rkatsiteli planted in loamy soil in moistened areas. This kind of terrain loves this variety. Yields here directly depend on weather conditions. This grapes calmly tolerates frost, but the drought is very detrimental to him.

Georgian Rkatsiteli wine is an ordinary young wine, but such fine expensive wines as Tsinandali, Gurjaani and Vazisubani make from this variety. It is also part of the semi-dry wine of Tbilisi and semi-sweet - Alazani Valley.

Production of classical Georgian wine

It is in Georgia there is a unique production technology. This method is called "Traditional Kakhetian". He foresees the insisting of wine in Kvevri - these are huge clay jugs buried in the ground.

The sugar content of grapes for Georgian wines should be at least 20%. This method has the main feature, the berries are not separated from the pulp (bones and combs), but are pressed together with it. Further the received weight, and it is correct to say, the wine must goes to Kvevri.

Since the pitchers are buried in the ground at the very neck, there is maintained a constant temperature, about fourteen to fifteen degrees above zero.

When the sugar is completely fermented into alcohol, the resulting wine is removed from the mash. After that vintage wines are sent for aging in barrels, and young bottles are bottled. It is to the latter that the Rkatsiteli are included. Wine, reviews about which are very different, but most of them, however, are positive. This drink is full-bodied, with a unique floral and fruity aroma and pronounced acidity.

International awards

It was the Rkatsiteli (white dry wine) that was awarded several awards at international competitions. This alcoholic beverage has two bronze, one silver and one gold medal. The people of Georgia are very proud of the awards of their favorite alcoholic beverage.

The Georgian drink Rkatsiteli, as well as other white wines, with fruits, vegetables, dishes from fish and cheese is combined.

Crimean wines

On this fabulous peninsula, wine making has been practiced for a very long time. The first mention of wine drinks from this territory is dated to the 4th-6th centuries. BC. E. Plant on this territory the grapes were thought up by the ancient Greeks. After the local brands themselves began to care for the wonderful berries and prepare from them intoxicating drink. Wine has always been popular on the Black Sea coast.

It was done in large cities so much that it was enough not only to completely hold the entire Bosporus alcohol market, but also to export in considerable quantities far beyond the kingdom.

As in ancient times wine was produced in the Crimea

1. Then the wort was squeezed in three stages. First, they laid out berries on a hard surface and pressed them with their feet. Then came the turn of the light press, and the action ended with a heavy pressing.
2. The juice from the stone was drained in a container of rectangular shape, and in them was insisted.
3. Further, the unripened wine was poured into pithos, vessels similar to Georgian Kvevri.
4. On the south coast, some varieties of wine boiled, thickening in this way.

Naturally, the highest value was the wine of the first pressing. But the cheapest was considered to be a drink from the heavy press.

When the Greeks and Romans left the island, the flowering of winemaking gave way to decline. Only when the peninsula became part of tsarist Russia, there again began to produce quality wine.

One of the main winemakers in Russia at that time was Prince Golitsyn. It was he who resumed the production of a solar drink on an industrial level. During the Soviet era, winemaking in the Crimea continued to maintain a high level. And now the Crimean wine is known all over the world.

Modern Crimea and its sunny drink

In our market is not very much appreciated table wines (that is, quiet), our people prefer sweet fortified wines, but very vain. After all, this category of drinks are made only from grapes, they do not include sugar or alcohol. It is to them and refers Rkatsiteli - white wine, dry.

Such wines do not last long, maximum - two years, and the fortress does not exceed 12%. This light liquor is usually served directly to the table, it is almost never used as an aperitif or digestive. It does not need to be snacked. They are enjoying themselves in the process of eating.

A lot of different varieties of grapes grow on the Black Sea coast. The highest popularity is with Rkatsiteli wine, as well as wines from such European varieties as Aligote, Chardonnay, Riesling and Sauvignon.

These wines are perfectly combined with white meat. You can cook a shish kebab from a chicken or stir a rabbit in sour cream, supplement the dish with vegetables and white dry wine.

Just Rkatsiteli - white dry wine, reviews of which, for the most part, are positive. And if you like pleasant acidity in the wine, then it is the Rkatsiteli, the best fit for dinner on the south coast.

Wines of Moldova

Now Moldova produces quite high-quality wines that fully comply with the world standard of quality. In the wine assortment of this country there are elite European grape varieties.
But their obvious advantage is not this. Moldovan wines have an amazing ratio of titrated acidity and reduced extract. This is a very rare rarity.

It is acidity that plays a key role in wine stabilization. Thanks to the acidity, this fruit freshness and noble aroma that is valuable in our time appears. Tastes of consumers are changing, people are inclined one way or the other, but the group of elite varieties does not change. It is to them the wine Rkatsiteli.

A little bit about technology

Naturally, the most delicious wine is made by aging in oak barrels. But in Moldova such a container was considered a deficit. Very often the wine was aged at once in bottles, which gave it its unique "zest". And white wines were almost never kept in a tree.

If you find some wine from the collection of Soviet times, you will see that the cork is not cortical, but from the agglomerate.

In modern Moldavia, the wines, nevertheless, began to be aged in oak barrels, as the official technology recognized throughout the world provides.

In order to bring to light the quality Moldovan wine, it is necessary to prepare the wort, then give it completely to throw out, so that the percentage of alcohol is from 9 to 12 percent. Sugar in dry wines is absent, and in semi-sweet is 30-50 g / l.

White wines produced in this sunny country are always light, elegant and low-extractive. These drinks are served in a cooled form. The optimum temperature for serving white wine is 10-12 degrees.

The Rkatsiteli grape variety was imported to Moldova in 1954 from Georgia. But in this region it gives completely different results. Here the wine is not amber, and light-straw color. Here he has a light velvety taste, and a delicate floral fragrance. White wines, including Rkatsiteli, can not stand more than two years.

This is such a diverse drink, but always positive reviews about it. Gourmets like its lightness, aroma and unique amber taste. This is a noble drink, which is worth it to take a worthy place in the home bar.