Unknown Samegrelo 2024

The full lunch menu unites Megrelian cuisine’s rare and forgotten dishes, which over the course of seven years Oda’s team has learned, revived, and given a certain context. These dishes are only available to taste at Oda Family Marani. In addition, the menu includes a pairings with natural wines from Samegrelo, Imereti and Lechkhumi. 

Meal is hosted by Oda Family winery’s founder, wine writer and essayist Keto Ninidze.

•    Menu includes 8-course meal (sharing portions) and 5 glasses (100 ml each) of wine;
•    Menu includes Martvili’s organic tea / coffee, glass-bottled still water, and bread;
•    Length of lunch – 3 hours;

Prices
•    3+ guests - 150 GEL (per person);
•    1-3 guests - 400 GEL (per group);
•    Discount is available to partner companies for groups of more than 18 guests.

Prices for tour guides and drivers:
•    with more than 5 guests - 30 GEL;
•    with 1-4 guests - 60 GEL.
 

Appetizer
1. Gadzghirkia ritual ball - blanched nettle (/ spinach / beet leaf) ball in a traditional Megrelian bazha walnut sauce bath;

Salad
2. Chincholia salad with fresh tomatoes, string cheese, nadughi cheese, green and blue basil leaves, seasoned in homemade sunflower oil and green ajika paste;
3. Khulish lechkere lacto-fermented kohlrabi salad with kidney beans, fresh chachamuta chkidi (cornbread) croutons, seasoned with walnut and grape vinegar kachabi paste;

Baked Goods
4. Khachapuri "Lamberti" – gebzhalia-khachapuri (burrata-pizza like hybrid), served with Abkhazian drdz herbed yogurt sauce and topped with herbs from our garden;

Main Dish
5. Roasted chicken leg, seasoned with spicy ajika paste, with the bath of fresh herb and green chili pepper tsitsaka sauce;
6. Her royal highness traditional Megrelian kharcho beef stew, with the sauce of walnut and tomato, topped with dried persimmons and tomatoes.

Ghomi
7. Abkhazian extra-cheesy and stretchy chemkva polenta made with fresh cheese, served with various ajika pastes.

Dessert
8. Burrata-style gebzhalia dessert filled with strained yogurt, with stewed pear and cornbread crumbles.

Wines
Tsolikouri 2023
Dry, white.
Kvevri.
Imereti, village Bangveti (Gordi).
Oda Family Marani

Tsolikouri 2023
Dry, amber.
Kvevri.
Samegrelo, village Chaburta (Nakhunavo);
Oda Family Marani

Naked Ojaleshi 2022
Dry, rosé 
Stainless steel.
Samegrelo, village Targameuli.
Oda Family Marani

Orbeluri Ojaleshi 2022
Dry, red.
Kvevri.
Lechkhumi, village Orbeli.
Oda Family Marani

Ojaleshi 2023
Dry, red 
Fermented in Kvevri.
Samegrelo, village Targameuli.
Oda Family Marani