white grape · rare
Kisi
Kakheti, Georgia
Say it
kee·see
Unaspirated K; Georgian stress falls on the first syllable
On the palate
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How you spot it blind: aromatic Georgian white that produces complex amber wine in traditional qvevri
The story
Nearly extinct by the Soviet era, Kisi was systematically recultivated in Kakheti beginning in the 1990s after surviving in small quantities near Telavi and Kvareli.
Family tree: Zakatalis Tetri × unknown
Where it lives
Kakheti, Georgia
Shows up as
still whiteorange