Kindzmarauli

In the zone's specification

Grapes: Saperavi

Vineyard altitude: 250–550 m above sea level

Alcohol: no less than 10.5%

Bottling: outside the zone, but within Georgia

Source: the appellation specification, register no. 787 — National Wine Agency

Authenticity

Elevated authenticity risk

Kindzmarauli is a naturally semi-sweet red PDO from the Kvareli micro-zone in Kakheti, made exclusively from Saperavi, with sweetness achieved by arrested fermentation rather than added sugar. It is one of Georgia's best-known names and its demarcated zone is limited (open estimates put the registered zone in the low-to-mid hundreds of hectares), so demand can exceed authentic zone output and the name is sometimes stretched to Saperavi grown outside the zone. What to check: confirm the wine is Saperavi from the registered Kindzmarauli zone in Kvareli and that the producer sources grapes there.