A professional pianist, Nino leaped onto the wine path in 2010, starting as a wine tour guide. With the help from the Georgian natural wine pioneers, Nino released her first bottles in 2017. Nino acts as recoltant for her the only amber wine, a blend of Rkatsiteli (70%) and Kakhuri Mtsvane (30%). It’s from a one hectare co-planted vineyard in Vachnadziani, which is known as a red grape cru. But Nino argues that it is the soil and the particular microclimate which allows for excellent grape growing, and not vice versa. Indeed, her bright as a midsummer sun skin macerated white wine proves the point. Grapes for the velvety Saperavi come from the Akura village zone, known for producing deep wines with strong black chokeberry flavour. Yet, Nino looks for a fresh, concentrated and fruity expression of the grape rather than a classy easily recognizable Saperavi. Indeed, the wine hints at being at an Italian Montepulciano from Marche or Barbera from Asti. Moreover, Nino asserts that as a natural winemaker, she tries to distance her wines away from the typical flavour profiles, which might easily be formed by industrial yeasts. Try Chito’s 2019 Saperavi with its incredible fruit concentration - there was no more than 40% of juice pressed out of the grapes. With successive vintages, there is increasing curiosity from abroad. In 2020, Chito’s gvino limited supply of just under 4000 bottles gains enough interest to be all pre-distributed, majorly for export.