🍇 Mtsvane Kakhuri
White wine grape from Georgia; one parent is Reconstructed Genotype 51 (GEORGIA); 24 synonyms in VIVC.
Mtsvane Kakhuri is a white wine grape from Georgia.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, one of its parents is Reconstructed Genotype 51 (GEORGIA); the other is unknown.
Italy's National Register of Grapevine Varieties lists it under code 815, admitted on 21 November 2018. 1 clone of it is registered.
Samples of the variety are kept in 19 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 24 synonyms for it, among them Dedali Mtsvane, Dedali Mtzvane and Dedam Kourdzeni, so the same grape can turn up under other names. If a grape is named on the label of an EU wine, it makes up at least 85% of that wine.
How it connects to Wine
🍇 Mtsvane Kakhuri → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Where it grows
- 📜 Akhmeta, 📍 Kakheti
- Origin
- 🗺️ Georgian wine
- Wines made from it
- 🍷 Orange wine
- Main grape in
- 📜 Tsinandali
- Similar and different
- 🍇 Rkatsiteli
Frequently asked questions
Where does Mtsvane Kakhuri come from?
According to VIVC, from Georgia.
What are the parents of Mtsvane Kakhuri?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, one of its parents is Reconstructed Genotype 51 (GEORGIA); the other is unknown.
Under what other names is Mtsvane Kakhuri known?
VIVC lists 24 synonyms for it, among them Dedali Mtsvane, Dedali Mtzvane and Dedam Kourdzeni, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 📜 Akhmeta — Georgian appellation of origin for white (dry, semi-dry, semi-sweet) and amber wine from Kakhuri Mtsvane grown in the Akhmeta micro-zone of Inner Kakheti.
- 🗺️ Georgian wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grapes and appellations.
- 🍇 Rkatsiteli — Georgia's main white grape: 43% of the country's vineyards; the basis of Tsinandali, Gurjaani and Vazisubani.
- 📍 Kakheti — Georgia's main wine region, in the Alazani and Iori valleys: in 2025, about 327 thousand t of the 340 thousand t of grapes processed in the country.
- 🍷 Orange wine — White wine fermented with its skins; by the OIV definition (2020), white varieties only and at least 1 month of maceration.
Similar
🍇 Kisi · 🍇 Khikhvi · 🍇 Kakhis Tsiteli · 🍇 Kakhis Yurdzeni · 🍇 Akhmeturi Shavi · 🍇 Kakhis Vardisperi
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Mtsvane Kakhuri
- Registro Nazionale delle Varietà di Vite (MASAF/CREA): Mtsvane Kakhuri B., codice 815
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata