Salkhino Ojaleshi
Samegrelo, Martvili district: the Salkhino community from the left bank of the Tekhuri to the Kvibia hills, at about 250 m above sea level. Ojaleshi, a late-ripening local variety, is the only grape allowed; the wine is red, dry or naturally semi-sweet. The yield is capped at eight tonnes per hectare.
In the zone's specification
Grapes: Ojaleshi
Vineyard altitude: 250 m above sea level
Yield: no more than 8 t per hectare
Alcohol: no less than 11%
Bottling: allowed outside the zone
Source: the appellation specification, register no. 977 — National Wine Agency
Authenticity
Elevated authenticity risk
Salkhino Ojaleshi is a naturally semi-sweet to dry red PDO made from the Ojaleshi grape in the small Salkhino micro-zone around Martvili in Samegrelo, western Georgia. The variety was nearly wiped out by phylloxera and mildew, the historic zone is very small (published accounts cite about 16 ha by 1912) and production remains limited, while Ojaleshi is now also grown more widely outside the registered Salkhino zone. What to check: confirm the producer is registered in the Salkhino / Martvili zone and owns or sources Ojaleshi grapes there. Region note: administratively this is Samegrelo, mapped here to the nearest available western region (imereti).
