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Tsitska is an indigenous white grape closely associated with Imereti in western Georgia, a region with a long tradition of clay-vessel winemaking. Pheasant’s Tears, founded by artist John Wurdeman and Georgian winemaker Gela Patalishvili, works with native Georgian varieties and traditional qvevri methods; this 2024 orange wine highlights that heritage.

*Orange Wine* *Natural Wine*

A blend of 50% Rkatsiteli and 50% Mtsvane with 3 weeks of skin maceration. It spends 6 months in Qvevri and then goes into stainless steel. In springtime it is moved into stainless and then racked a couple more times before being bottled in late June. *Orange Wine* *Natural Wine*

Macerated for six months on the skins in Qvevri. *Orange Wine* *Natural Wine*

*Orange Wine* *Natural Wine*

Bid on this 6-bottle tasting lot; including 1 2007 Shavnabada Monastery Rkatsiteli Kakheti Republic of Georgia, 1 2011 Zorah "Karasì" Areni Noir Vayots Dzor Armenia, 1 2015 Amiran Krakhuna Imereti Republic of Georgia, 1 2015 Amiran Otskhanuri Sapere Imereti Republic of Georgia, 1 2015 Gotsa Tsitska Kartli Republic of Georgia, and 1 2015 Wine Thieves Rkatsiteli-Mtsvane Republic of Georgia. Of the 2015 Amiran Otskhanuri Sapere Imereti, Otskhanuri Sapere is considered one of Georgia's oldest grape varieties and grows mostly in the Racha-Lechkhumi and Imereti wine districts in Western Georgia. Otskhanuri Sapere wines have an intense ruby color and firmly structured and tannic, with high acidity. Today, Amiran's plot is the largest contiguous planting of the grape variety. In 2014, Amiran made only 800 liters of this one wine, fermented on the skins in Qvevri without added yeast and then aged for 9 months before being bottled unfiltered.