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Rkatsiteli
[ruh-KAT-see-TELL-ee]

White-wine grape that is the most widely planted variety in what was formerly the Soviet Union— it’s extensively grown in Russia and Georgia. Rkatsiteli is also widely grown in Bulgaria and is now thought to be the world’s second most planted white grape after Spain’s AIRÉN. There are even a few acres in California and New York. Rkatsiteli produces good-quality wines with high ACIDITY, good sugar levels, and pleasantly SPICY, FLORAL characteristics. It’s vinified in a variety of styles ranging from DRY to very sweet, used in sparkling wine production, and even processed into SHERRY-like wines and COGNAC-style spirits.
Related Links: Airé, Russia, Airé
© Copyright Barron's Educational Services, Inc.
1995 based on THE WINE LOVER'S COMPANION,
by Ron Herbst and Sharon Tyler Herbst.

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