Martvilis Marani "Aladasturi" 2022 Samegrelo, Georgia

750ml bottle

10% abv

Clean nose and palate of restrained raspberry, mint, and earth. Fresh and delicious.

Winemaker Zaza Gagua

FARMING: Organic

ADDED SO2: None

GRAPES: Aladasturi

YEAST: Native

MACERATION: Direct press

FERMENTATION VESSEL: Qvevri

AGING: 6 months in Qvevri

CLARIFICATION/FILTRATION: Unfiltered/ Unfined 

RESIDUAL SUGAR: 1.39 g/l 

SOIL: Clay VINE

VINE AGE: 28 years 

TOTAL PRODUCTION: 600 bottles

Martvilis Marani was formerly working under the name Vino M’artville, but for the 2019, decided to honor their heritage with a more traditional Georgian name. The winery was founded in 2012 with .5 hectare of vines, producing under 3000 bottles. They’ve grown to farming 4 hectares around the cellar in the western Georgian Samegrelo region with some fruit sourced from friends and like-minded growers in Imereti, Lechkhumi, and Kakheti. They now produce over 11,000 bottles and work with 10 different grape varieties including ojaleshi, orbeluri, tsolikouri, krakhuna, aladasturi, tsitska, and kakhuri mtsvane, among others.

All farming is organic with no intervention in the winemaking process. Martvilis vinifies in qvevri and uses small amounts of sulfur, only when absolutely necessary, to preserve the integrity of a wine.