An amber wine (also called orange wine): white wine made like a red, the grapes fermented with their skins in qvevri, the way Georgia has long made it, which gives the wine its colour, texture and gentle tannin.
Rkatsiteli is one of Georgia's great white grapes, and one of its most versatile: fresh and firm, with the kind of structure winemakers far beyond Georgia admire. Mtsvane, whose name means "green", adds acidity, aroma and brightness. The two are often blended in Kakheti.