The main sorts of grapes which are being grown on Kuban for wine production.
Rkatsiteli. Translated from Georgian language the
word means "red vine". Madeira and Sherry are easily produced
from Rkatsiteli wine materials. Even though wines from Rkatsiteli
are sufficiently fragrant they are not harmonic enough. Nevertheless
when the technology of production follows all requirements it is
possible to produce quiet harmonic and moderately vinegar wines with
well expressed qualities of this sort. one of the examples is "Rkatsiteli
Tamani" (The wine company "Mirnii").
Saperavi.
It is a Georgian sort which received its name from the word "saperavi"
which means the one who colours. There are many elements in its
berries which give colour. Differently to most of the red sorts,
even its pulp is colored in pink. Dessert and strong wines and wine
materials for red sparkling wine are being produced from this sort.
The peculiarity of wines from this sort of grape is the tone of
cream which develops when the wine is getting matured. Pure wines
from Saperavi when they are young are not very soft. But getting
ripened gradually the wine becomes more and more tasty (this process
can last from 4 to 30 years). Such wine lives more than 50 years.
Silvaner. This is sort is mainly
used for preparing white wines and champagne. The motherland of Silvaner
is Austria. It is used in Krasnodarskii krai for producing strong,
cognac and champagne wine materials.
Krasnodarskii krai
is the southern region of modern Russia.
Kuban
is the North - Eastern part of Krasnodarskii krai.
