Winery 97 Amber Blend

Profile & Story

Our Amber Blend is a blend of four indigenous white Georgian grape varieties – Rkatsiteli 40%, Kakhuri Mtsvane 40%, Khikhvi 10%, and Kisi 10%, harvested from our vineyards planted at the foot of the Caucasus mountains in Kakheti, the easternmost region of Georgia. If you have never had an amber wine, our wine is for you. This unique blend of white grapes is aged on the skins for 6 months, giving the wine its distinctive amber color. The tradition of fermenting and aging white grapes on their skins is a thousand-year-old continuous Georgian tradition, of which we are honored to be a part. In addition to a lovely color, the skin-contact imbues the wine with distinctive notes of dried peach, fuller body, soft tannin, and thus creates a fifth category of wine that likely predates red, white, rosé, and sparkling. Some call it “skin-contact" and some “orange”, but since forever in Georgia, the category was named Amber, and so our name honors this tradition.

Pairing Recommendation

The wine pairs especially well with poultry, braised pork or creamy pasta.