Beykush Amphora Rkatsiteli
650.00 ₴
In stock
Amphora Rkatsiteli is a single-varietal wine made from 100% Rkatsiteli, one of the oldest cultivated grape varieties in the world, originating from Georgia. At Beykush, this variety receives a fresh interpretation through aging in clay amphoras — a method that echoes the millennia-old Georgian tradition of winemaking in qvevri.
The grapes are hand-picked at the end of September. After harvest, the berries are crushed and fermented in 400-liter Catalonian clay amphoras called "tinajas," handcrafted by Cantereria Josep Jornet in the province of Tarragona. After fermentation, the wine remains in contact with skins and seeds for one month — a technique known as maceration that enriches the wine with tannins, texture, and additional aromatic complexity. The wine is then pressed, settled, racked, and returned to the tinajas, where it ages on fine lees for a further 6 months.
Each tinaja is the product of Catalonian potters' handiwork, preserving the tradition of crafting clay vessels for winemaking. The label of Amphora Rkatsiteli is inspired by the art of Catalan artist Joan Miro — the abstract form on it symbolizes the silhouette of a traditional tinaja, connecting Catalonian pottery heritage with Ukrainian winemaking.
Specifications
| Wine | Dry white |
|---|---|
| Grape variety | 100% Rkatsiteli |
| Vineyard | Region — Northern Black Sea. Zone — Ochakiv (Ochakiv and pri-estuary macrozone). Geologically, this is part of the plain watershed plateau between the Buzky and Berezan estuaries of the Southern steppe, with dark chestnut loamy soils. |
| Vinification | Maceration and fermentation on skins (so-called "orange" technology) in handmade ceramic 400-liter Spanish amphorae (tinajas). Tinajas made by Cantereria Josep Jornet from Miravet, Tarragona province, Catalonia. |
| Serving temperature | 10–14 °C |
Tasting Notes
The "Beykush Amphora" series was born in 2020, when our new winery was fitted with a constellation of amphorae of varying volumes — sourced from several different producers in Spain and Italy, crafted from distinct materials. The wines in this series are made and aged in those very vessels. Rkatsiteli has settled into our terroir with such natural ease that even in the wine's bouquet it echoes our sun-scorched steppe summers — dried grasses between fields of sunflowers. On the palate: honey, walnuts, ripe quince, yellow plums, apricot, dried apricot.
Reviews
There are no reviews yet.