The wines of Château Buera

Château Buera is a young winery in the Kakhetian appellation of Napareuli, on the left bank of the Alazani river at the foot of the Greater Caucasus. It belongs to the five-star Lopota Lake Resort & Spa and combines winegrowing with hospitality and wine tourism. The winery works on a small scale and organically, making both traditional qvevri wines and wines in stainless steel and French oak. The combination of Georgian and European techniques is characteristic of Château Buera.

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The winery was founded in 2018 by Goga (Giorgi) Maisuradze, who also founded the Lopota resort and made an important contribution to the development of tourism in Kakheti. Maisuradze saw the great potential of Georgian wine early on. His aim was to make top-quality Georgian reserve wines, with minimal intervention in the vineyard and cellar and with attention to rare indigenous grape varieties. After his death in 2021, his family took over the winery.

The winery started out as part of the resort but has grown into an independent brand known both in Georgia and abroad. The building was completed in 2018, the same year as the first harvest. It has a striking design, in a style that combines classic château architecture with modern elements, with turrets and a monumental double staircase. The winery lies beneath the resort's restaurant, which overlooks the vineyards and the Caucasus. Day-to-day management is in the hands of a team of young winemakers, with Vakho Khutsaidze as winemaker.

The imposing Lopota resort lies on Lake Lopota, surrounded by forests and mountains, and covers 60 hectares. Château Buera's vineyards are close to the winery, in the Napareuli micro-zone, on a north-facing slope with alluvial, stony soil. The winery has around 5 hectares of its own vineyards but is still planting more.

The climate is shaped by the nearby Caucasus, which blocks the cold north wind, while Lake Lopota provides cooling breezes. Napareuli is slightly cooler and drier than appellations further east, such as Kvareli. The vineyards have been certified organic since 2024, and from the 2025 harvest onwards most of the production is organic.

Château Buera works with Georgian grapes such as Saperavi, Rkatsiteli, Mtsvane, Kisi and Khikhvi, complemented by French varieties such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay. In the cellar, Château Buera combines three methods. Some of the wines are made the traditional way in qvevri. For fresh white wines, the winery uses temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks. Depending on the vintage and the desired style, the winemaker opts for wild or selected yeasts. For its sparkling wines, Château Buera buys in grapes with higher acidity from western Georgia, as acidity in Kakheti is usually too low for this.

The range consists of two lines. The Buera line includes fresh wines for drinking young, made in stainless steel or qvevri. The Reserve line is made for ageing: these wines first ferment and mature for about six months in qvevri, then spend one to two years in French oak barrels, followed by at least a year in bottle. The winery's calling card is the Saperavi Reserve.

The winery is a popular wine tourism destination. Visitors can take part in tastings, help with the harvest in season, and taste the wines in the restaurant, where the chef prepares contemporary versions of classic Georgian dishes. We currently have three wines from Château Buera in our range. You can view all our wines from Château Buera here.

If you want to know more about this winery, here you will find the link to the website of Château Buera.