• Aplauz Viognier Sur Lie 2023


The "AplauZ" brand contains premium selection wines from winery Villa Melnik, Southern Bulgaria. This one is made from carefully hand-picked grapes from a noble Alsace variety - the Viognier. Vineyard is located in the immediate healing surroundings to the Melnik winery at about 500 m from the town, also named Melnik. Driven Harvested during the third week of September, in full maturity and with optimal parameters. The Viognier grapes undergo fermentation in oak barrels, a process known as "Barrel Fermented." The wine then matures for 6 months "Sur lie" in Bulgarian oak barrels, with periodic bâtonnage, where the wine remains in contact with the lees for added complexity and extraction. This results in an intense and powerful wine with perfect characteristics for long-term aging.

Our tasting notes:  The wine has a beautiful golden color. Nose is pure, intensive and influential. Aromas of yellow apple, peach, quince, fresh mango, herbs, white flowers. In the background, nicely based aromas of oak barrel aging - roasted almonds, toast, vanilla, wax, creamy and round nose. On the palate dry, intensive and full of typical Viognier "oily" mouthfeel. Rich in taste, medium alcohol, with long, balanced aftertaste that develops for several seconds and fully maps the complexity of this wine. Top Bulgarian wine that deserves a place in your wine store!

Food match:  cold starters such as carpaccio, mature cheese, ripe creamy cheeses, turkey and chicken dishes, pork, shellfish, fatty fish.

   Winemaker: Villa Melnik

   Region: Struma Valley, PGI Thracian valley

     Grape: 100% Viognier

      Vintage: 2021

    Style: dry, full-body en complex

     Aging: barrel fermentation  + 8 months in new and old Bulgarian oak barrels

    Maturity: can drink now, but can further age 2023 -2030

     Closure: cork

       Alcohol: 13 %

     Volume: 750 ml

    Serve:  8-10°C

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Aplauz Viognier Sur Lie 2023

  • € 15.50

  • Ex Tax: € 12.81
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