MMXXIV · Vintage
Hand-bottled in clay vessels by the Tchanturia family in Samegrelo, Western Georgia. 600 bottles per vintage.
N° MMXXIV · The Wine
Hand-pressed Ojaleshi grapes from a single Samegrelo plot, fermented on the skins inside buried clay qvevri for fourteen days, then rested in the same vessel until bottling. A wine of structure and quiet wildness — built to be poured slowly.
MDCCCLXXX — MMXXIV
The Tchanturia family begins cultivating Ojaleshi on the steep, mineral-rich slopes of Samegrelo in Western Georgia. Wine is fermented and aged in qvevri — clay vessels buried below the cellar floor — exactly as it had been for eight thousand years.
Tchanturia Ojaleshi is sent to the Exposition Universelle in Paris and returns with a gold medal, joining a small handful of Georgian wines recognised by Europe before the First World War.
After a century of interruption, the fifth generation returns to qvevri vinification. Six hundred bottles per vintage. Picked, fermented, and bottled by hand — every label signed by name.
Wine is not made. It is remembered.
— Tchanturia family motto
Why It Stands Out
No mass production, no industrial shortcuts, no marketing surrogates for substance. Only what the soil, the vessel, and the family give.
Ojaleshi grows on a single hillside in Western Georgia. The varietal does not exist anywhere else in the world. The soil is mineral, the slope is steep, the yields are small.
Clay vessels buried below the cellar floor. Eight thousand years of unbroken method. The wine breathes through the earth itself — no oak, no steel, no shortcuts.
No outside labour, no industrial line. Every step from harvest to label is performed by five members of the Tchanturia family. The wine carries their fingerprints, literally.
We do not scale. We do not contract grapes. What the vineyard gives in a given year is what is bottled — sometimes less, never more. Each bottle is signed and numbered.
Best For
For hosts who want a bottle guests will ask about instead of forget.
For meaningful gifting when a generic premium wine would feel too easy.
For people drawn to rare regional bottles with identity and context.
For drinkers who want to taste a side of Georgia beyond the obvious names.
Visit the Marani
Our family cellar and vineyard are open every day for visits. Walk through the vines, see the qvevri, taste the wine — and take a bottle home. Advance booking required.
Address
Village Etseri
Tsalenjikha, Samegrelo
Western Georgia
Hours
Every day · 9 AM – 9 PM
By appointment — call or message ahead
Payment
Cash & card accepted
Languages
Georgian · Russian · English
At the Marani
Nuts, cheese & accompaniments
With advance booking
Local Megrelian cuisine, prices vary
Availability · MMXXIV
Six hundred bottles per vintage. We sell directly to those who write — message us with your name, location, and how many bottles you'd like to reserve.
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