Mtsvane or Mtsvane Kakhuri (მწვანე or მწვანე კახური) is a

grape variety This list of grape varieties includes cultivated grapes, whether used for wine, or eating as a table grape, fresh or dried (raisin, Zante currant, currant, sultana (grape), sultana). For a complete list of all grape species, including those unimp ...

used to make

Georgian wine Georgia (country), Georgia is one of the oldest List of wine-producing countries, wine-producing countries in the world. The fertile valleys and protective slopes of the South Caucasus were home to grapevine cultivation and neolithic wine product ...

s. It is used to make white wine. It was so named to refer to the yellowish-green colouring of the ripened berries. It is often blended with Rkatsiteli to create a fruity, aromatic wine. In the

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the word ''mtsvane'' means new, young and green.

Synonyms

Mtsvane is also known under the synonyms Dedali Mtsvane, Dedali Mtzvane, Dedam Kourdzeni, Dedat Kourdzeni, Dedat Kurdzeni, Dedate Koudzeni, Mamali Mtsvane, Mamali Mtsvani, Mamali Mtzvane, Matsvane Kakhetinskii, Matsvani, Mchkhara, Mchknara, Mciknara, Mcvane Kachetinskij, Mcvane Kahetinski, Mtchknara, Mtsvane Kakhetinskii, Mtzvane Kachuri, Mtzvane Kakhetinsky, Mzibani, and Sapena. The distinct Georgian grape varieties Kundza and Goruli Mtsvane may also be referred to as Mtsvane.

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