Why this wine matters
More than a famous label.
Marani makes the wine from 100% Rkatsiteli grown in its Kondoli vineyards and produces it in relatively small quantities.
Marani · Kakheti
Satrapezo Icewine
Icewine · Rkatsiteli · honeyed fruit · citrus · sweet · bright
Satrapezo Icewine gives the 366 a Georgian icewine made from Rkatsiteli rather than the usual Riesling or Vidal.
Country
Georgia
Region
Kakheti
Appellation
Kondoli
Grapes
Rkatsiteli
Style
Sweet White
Realistic spend
£25–£32
Budget band: £20–£35
Best moments
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A Georgian icewine for Christmas, anniversaries, dessert and memorable gifts.
How it is made
The decisions behind the style.
Frozen grapes are pressed to concentrate sugar and flavour, producing a low-alcohol sweet wine with acidity to balance the richness.
What does it taste like?
The shape of the wine.
Honeyed orchard fruit and citrus meet dried apricot and floral notes, with concentrated sweetness and a fresh finish.
Body4/5
Acidity4/5
Tannin0/5
Sweetness5/5
Oak influence0/5
Freshness4/5
Aroma5/5
Serve it well
Serve at 8–10°C.
If this wine were human…
The intriguing dinner guest
If Satrapezo Icewine were human, it would be easy to meet, harder to sum up.
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Does any of this sound suspiciously familiar?
Easy to meet, harder to sum up. You are capable of appearing very relaxed while maintaining several quite exact standards.
At dinner, you know when the table needs another bottle and when it needs coffee instead. Secretly, you enjoy being underestimated until the second half of the evening.
In short: easy to meet, harder to sum up. icewine energy, translated into a person.
Purely for fun — this is the wine’s fictional personality, not a psychological reading of yours.
What to eat with it
And the cheese?
No dead ends.
Start with this wine and move straight into cheese, or build a whole tasting around it.
Keep exploring
There are 365 more wines where this came from.
Research sources
This profile is researched against producer or similarly authoritative material. Vintage-specific details are kept separate from the permanent wine identity.