2024 Pheasant's Tears Rkatsiteli Mtsvane Tibaani, Kakheti, Georgia Ar.Pe.Pe. The family’s holdings in ‘Fourchaume’

The family’s holdings in ‘Fourchaume’ sit on the valley ridge

Chiles Batesville Petit Manseng

brooding counterpart to the more elegant “La Riotte” above

The 2023 vintage is bright and saline—citrus peel

emphatic nose of saffron

2024 Pheasant's Tears Rkatsiteli Mtsvane Tibaani, Kakheti, Georgia Ar.Pe.Pe. The family’s holdings in ‘Fourchaume’This is probably the darling of the 2024s for me, says John. The wine develops a tiny amount of flor, so it has that slight oxidative note which makes it food friendly, easy going and approachable. And for such a young wine, its got quite a long, developed, almost mature palate. Grapes: 50% Rkatsiteli, 50% Mtsvane Vineyard: Tibaani, Kakheti; sandstone and quartz soil. This is a very dry, hot area technically a semi desert. Hot throughout the days,