Rkatsiteli Amphora

Beykush's "Amphora" line launched in 2020, when the new winery in Chornomorka was equipped with a small fleet of Spanish and Italian terracotta vessels. The series is dedicated to mono- and bi-varietal experiments on skins - what the estate calls its помаранчева технологія, the orange method - and to what each clay vessel does to the same grape.

This 2024 Rkatsiteli is macerated and fermented on the skins in 400-litre Spanish tinajas, handmade by Cantereria Josep Jornet in Tarragona, then aged on fine lees in the same vessels for six months. The choice of grape is a fitting one for the format: Rkatsiteli is the Georgian variety that historically defined the qvevri tradition, rendered here through Catalonia's tinaja answer to the same idea. Bottled at 12%, dry, single varietal.

A 3,000-bottle release. The label is drawn after Joan Miró illustrations and traces the silhouette of a tinaja.