The history of Ingorokva begins in 2017, in Kakheti — Georgia's eastern wine country.
2017
Founded
Founded by Professor Gocha Ingorokva, a Georgian businessman and physician. The general director is Rostom Sesiashvili.
3,500 t
Grapes each harvest
Bought from local growers, selected at the vineyard and selected again on arrival at the marani.
400 ha
Of land
Most of it lies within the protected micro-zone of Kindzmarauli.
The winery
A modern winery in Kakheti.
The winery stands in Sanavardo, Kakheti, in eastern Georgia.
Site
5 hectares, with a 2,000 m² production building
Equipment
Della Toffola, Krones, Enoveneta, Cavagnino & Gatti and Seitz Enzinger Noll
Presses
Two Enoveneta pneumatic presses, for white and for red, and two Diemme continuous presses
Fermentation
27 Italian stainless steel tanks: 21 of 32 tonnes and 6 of 40 tonnes
Storage
28 tanks for white and red wine, and 21 tanks of 120 tonnes for wine and spirits, with cold stabilisation
Bottling
A GAI line filling up to 3,000 bottles an hour
Laboratory
Equipped by Gravitec; every wine is tested before release
Certification
ISO 22000, certified by TÜV SÜD
Distillation and ageing
Where the brandy and cognac begin.
Three stills
A copper wine still for 72% brandy spirit (1.5–2 t an hour), a column still (3–3.5 t an hour) and a Charentais alembic (0.4–0.6 t an hour)
Aged spirits
1,000 tonnes of brandy spirits aged 3, 5, 7 and 8 years
Oak and clay
100 oak barrels of 260 litres, and 50 qvevri of 2 tonnes each
QvevriSteel
Two methods
Georgian grapes, the Georgian way — and the European one.
Everything the company makes is made only from Georgian grape varieties. Some wines are fermented and aged in qvevri, the clay vessels of Georgian tradition; others in steel and in oak, following European practice. Our brandies and cognacs, too, come from Georgian grapes.
Inside the winery
Kakheti
Sorting and destemmingHarvest intakeThe oak cellarOak and clay, side by side
The laboratory
The winery has its own laboratory.
The laboratoryGlassware and corks
More than four million bottles a year — wine, brandy and cognac.
