Dr. Konstantin Frank Rkatsiteli Amber

I wasn't paying attention and initially assumed I was drinking a Riesling. The color is not 'orange' it is a light golden. Stone on the nose (this is an amphora / orange wine after all), with a little grapefruit. Big mouthfeel, and enough acidity, good fruit - . It does taste like an orange wine. So big marks for this in this locale. Very different. I don't think if this is going to get better and might be near the …

Lighter in color, not really amber, but good taste. Crisp and not overly funky

This is one of those unique bottles that you tell other wine nerds to drink. It vinified in amphorae according to ancient wine making techniques which unsurprisingly work extremely well with an ancient varietal! We LOVED this bottle. If you like the Rkatsiteli this is a big notch of a step up despite some of the body, crispness, and acidity carrying forward. There’s a lot more body than the standard Rkatsiteli which is a bold statement! Get this if you …

FLX TRIP NOTES; 7/4/2019-7/31/2019 : even better than the 17 - this is a beauty! Nose is aromatic, sweet peach, perfume. the palate is quite textural from the amphora and skin contact, but also full of bright citrus and stone fruit. long and delicious - the texture would let this wine pair well with almost any food.