Anapea Village, Mtsvane, Khaketi, Georgia 2017 (organic, orange)

Organic, vegan, unfined, unfiltered, and with no added sulfur.

Anapea Village is a producer of traditionally styled Georgian wines. They farm organically without harmful chemicals, and make their wines naturally with no added sulfur. All of their wines ferment in clay amphora, qvevri, which are buried underground.

This wine, from the noble Mtsvane grape, is made in the style of an orange wine with six months of maceration on skins. Mtsvane means "green" in Georgian; it is a grape marked by bright acids along with tropical and floral aromatics. Stunning aromas of pineapple, apricots, guava complement its medium bodied, concentrated, and distinctly dry palate.