Tsitska
Imereti, Georgia
A lively, high-acid white of western Georgia, traditionally blended with Tsolikouri and Krakhuna and well suited to sparkling wine.
Sensory profile
Characteristics
Flavor & aroma
At a glance
Production facts
Prevalence
Rare
Climate
Moderate climate
Ripening
Late season
Wine styles
Still, Sparkling
Where it's grown
Geography
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Georgia
Imereti
A high-acid white, traditionally blended with Tsolikouri and Krakhuna and also used for sparkling wine.
Background
Origin & History
Tsitska is a white grape of western Georgia, part of the family of native vines of Imereti. It keeps high natural acidity with moderate sugar and delicate aromas of pear, lemon, honey and melon, and it makes light, straw-coloured wines with a greenish tone.
It has traditionally been blended with Tsolikouri and Krakhuna, and it is now also made on its own, as a dry white, an amber wine, and a sparkling wine, for which its acidity suits it. No DNA parentage has been published for it.
Lineage
Family tree
Parentage not recorded — Tsitska is an old variety of unknown origin.
No crossings involving Tsitska are documented in the collection yet.