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Residual Sugar content: 80 g / l. No sugar or sweeteners added!
Vinification: the grapes are late harvested, harvested 3 weeks after the grapes intended for dry wines. It is additionally left in a ventilated place to reduce the water content and increase the concentration of sugars and flavors in the beans. The wine has a natural residual sugar content of 80 g. After fermentation, aged in old oak barrels for 2 years.
Our tasting notes:
Dark deep garnet color. Nose is rich and complex. Aromas are of candied dark fruit, cherries, plums, figs, jam, very influential nose, sweet spices and leather with dark chocolate and some port wine notes. In the mouth it is a bit sweet but with finesse due to high acids that keep the wine in an exciting and straight balance. Taste is noble, balanced with nice structure, and with soft warm finish. In the mouth the profile can be found as in the nose. Impressive wine and for us the first sweet (Late Harvest) wine from Melnik grape.
Very pleasant and culinary fine wine from Bulgaria.
Best with:mature cheese, desserts - based on chocolate, Tiramisu cake, confit pheasant - with sweet garnishes, fois gras on toast or baked, on its own as a digestive.
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Winemaker: Villa Yustina
Region: Thracian Valley PGI
Grape: 50% Sauvignon Blanc, 50% Semillon
Vintage: 2015
Aging: inox tanks, no oak
Closure: screwcap
Alcohol: 12,0%
Volume: 0,75l
Serve: 8-11°C
Grape: 100% Gewürztraminer
Style: dry aromatic wine
Vintage: 2016
Sluiting: screwcap
Alcohol: 13,0%
Serve: 8-10°C
Winemaker: Bratanov winery
Region: Sakar, Thracian Valley PGI
Grape: 50% Mavrud, 50% Merlot
Style: dry, supple and round
Vintage: 2018
Aging: inox tanks for 6 months sur lie, no oak
Maturity: drink now, optimal quality 2021 - 2026
Closure: cork
Alcohol: 14,0%
Volume: 0,75 l
Serve: 16-18°C
Winemaker: Villa Melnik
Region: Struma Valley
Grape: Melnik 55 (Early Melnik Vine)
Vintage: 2019
Aging: 15 months, 50% new Bulgarian oak barrels
Maturity: can drink now, but can further age
Alcohol: 14,5 % vol
Volume: 750 ml
Serve: 18°C
Grape: 100% Mavrud (hand picked)
Aging: 18 months, new Bulgarian oak barrels
Maturity: can drink now, but it has potential for ageing 2018 - 2028
Alcohol: 14,5%
Grape: 50% Cabernet Sauvignon, 35% Syrah, 15% Merlot
Vintage: 2012
Aging: 12 months old Bulgarian oak barrels
Maturity: ready, but will keep (2020-2021)
Serve: 15-17°C
Region: Struma Valley, Thracian valley PGI
Grape: 100% Mavrud
Aging: 9 months in inox tank, no oak
Alcohol: 13,5%
Grape: 52% Melnik, 48% Pinot Noir
Vintage: 2013
Aging: 10 months in Bulgarian oak barrels
Maturity: ready, but will keep 2019-2020
Alcohol: 13,9%
Serve: 14-15°C
Winemaker: Castra Rubra
Region:Thracian Valley PGI
Grape: 50% Merlot, 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Rubin, 10% Mavrud
Vintage: 2009
Aging: 16 months, new French oak barrels
Grape: Chardonnay, Viognier, Tamianka
Vintage: 2020
Aging: inox tanks, unoaked ; Fermentation with wild yeasts from own vineyard
Closure: screw cap
Alcohol: 13 %
Grape: 30% Cabernet Franc, 30% Merlot, 30 % Cabernet Sauvignon, 10% Pinot Noir
Style: dry, complex
Ageing: 24 months in new French oak barrels type barrique 225l and another 24 months mature in bottle
Maturity: can drink now, but it has potential for ageing 2015 - 2025
Serve: 17-18°C
Region: Sakar, PGI Thracian Valley
Grape: 50% Merlot, 50% Syrah ( hand picked)
Vintage: 2017
Winemaking: 24 months, Syrah in old oak barrels, Merlot neutral vat only ferment and ripen. Wild fermentation both. Unfiltered.
Maturity: Ready to drink, but can age and develop 2021-2026
Winemaker: Edoardo Miroglio
Region: PDO Nova Zagora, Thracian Valley
Grape: 100% Rubin
Aging: 15 months in Bulgarian oak barrels of 500 l
Maturity: drink now, but has potential for bottle ageing 2018-2026
Winemaker: Dragomir winery
Grape: 50% Mavrud, 50% Rubin
Aging: inox tanks
Alcohol: 12,5%
Serve: 9-11°C
Winemaker: Damyanov family winery
Region: Struma Valley, PGI Thracian Valley
Grape: 100% Melnik (Broad leaved Melnik)
Vines age: 40 – 45 years old
Aging: temp. controlled inox tanks, no oak
Maturity: ready now 2019-2024
Server: 16°C
Grape: 55% Merlot, 25% Rubin, 20% Cabernet Sauvignon
Vintage: 2011
Aging: 12 months in oak barrels and for 12 months in bottle
Maturity: ready, but will keep 2021-2022
Alcohol: 14,3%
Grape: 55% Rubin, 45% Merlot
Vintage: 2010
Aging: 8 months in new French oak barrels
Maturity: 2011- 2020
Serve: 16-17°C
Grape: 100% Pinot Noir
Style: dry, complex fruit and spices
Aging: 10 months in new French oak barrels
Maturity: drink now
Serve: 15-16°C
Grape: 100% Chardonnay
Style: dry, full-bodied, complex
Aging: Fermentation in French oak barrels and maturation in the same barrels for 8 months with subsequently bottle aging for couple of months.
Serve: 10-12°C
Winemaker: Rumelia wine cellar
Grape: 45% Mavrud, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, 20% Merlot
Style: dry, full-bodied and complex
Aging: 16 months in new French oak barrels
Maturity: drink now, but can further mature 2019 - 2030
Region: Thracische Valley PGI
Style: dry, full-body, complex,
Aging: 16 months in French and American oak barrels + 6 months in bottle
Maturity: can drink now, but it has potential for cellaring 2021 - 2031
Alcohol: 14,0% vol
Grape: 100% Cabernet Sauvignon
Aging: 12 months in oak barrels
Maturity: can drink now, but it has potential for ageing 2014 - 2022
Serve: 16- 18°C
Region: Struma river Valley, PGI Thracian valley
Grape: 50% Melnik (Broad leaved Melnik), 45% Merlot , 5% Cabernet Sauvignon
Age of vines: 35-40 years old
Winemaking: all varieties separately approached, ageing 12 months in used French barriques, Unfiltered.
Bottle ageing: drink now, but can further age
Grape: 50% Syrah, 50% Cabernet Sauvignon
Style: dry, round, black fruit
Aging: 8 months in French oak barrels
Winemaker: Karabunar winery
Vintage: 2023
Winemaking: gentle press, temperature controlled inox tanks, ripening few months in inox tank
Maturity: ready
Alcohol: 13% vol
Grape: 100% Syrah
Aging: 6 months in American oak barrels
Maturity: ready, but will keep 3-4 years
Grape: 100% Melnik 55 (Early Melnik Vine)
Aging: 9 months in Bulgarian oak barrels
Maturity: ready, but will keep (2019-2020)
Grape: 60% Mavrud, 40% Rubin
Style: dry, powerful, complex
Aging: 8 months, French oak barrels
Maturity: can drink now, but it has potential for ageing 2016 - 2025
Sluiting: kurk
Grape: 80% Merlot, 20% Syrah
Style: dry, round, fruity
Vintage: 2021
Aging: inox steel tanks
Style: dry, aromatic and complex
Aging: 4 months Sur Lie method/ unoaked / fermented with wild yeast
Grape: 100% Tamianka ( Muscat blanc a petit grains)
Aging: inox tanks, 5 months Sur Lie, fermentation with native yeast from the vineyard!
Maturity: drink now, but can further mature 2024 - 2034
Volume: 750 ML ; in 1 box = x3 bottles
Grape: 72% Melnik, 28% Pinot Noir
Style: dry, rustic and fruity
Vintage: 2014
Aging: 12 months in Bulgarian oak barrels
Maturity: drink now 2015 - 2020
Serve: 14-16°C
Style: dry and full body, complex, black fruit
Maturity: can drink now, but has potential for ageing 2015-2022
Grape: 100% Dimyat
Aging: few months "sur lie" in inox tanks / no oak
Alcohol: 13,0% vol
Serve: 7-9°C
Grape: 100% Misket
Style: dry, aromatic, delicate
Vintage: 2022
Aging: few months on the lees in inox tanks - no oak
Volume: 750 m l
Grape: 100% Ruen
Aging: inox tanks / unoaked
Maturity: can drink now, but has potential for ageing 2016 - 2022
Aging: inox tanks for 12 months / unoaked
Maturity: drink nu 2020 - 2025
Alcohol: 14 % vol
Grape: 30% Cabernet Sauvignon, 30% Merlot, 30% Mavrud, 10% Syrah
Style: dry and complex, full-bodied
Aging: 18 months in new French oak barrels 225 l + 12 months in bottle before release
Maturity: can drink now, but it has potential for ageing 2019 - 2029
Winemaker: Magura winery
Region: Noord-West, Danube Plain PGI
Grape: 100% Pinot Gris
Fermentation: used oak barrels of 500l
Serve: 8 - 10°C
Region: North-west, PGI Danube Plain
Grape: 100% Misket (Vrachanski)
Style: dry, aromatic, elegant
Aged: inox tanks and old oak vessels
Serve: 7-10°C
Region: north-west, Danube Plain PGI
Grape: 100% Gamza
Style: dry, elegant, red fruit
Aged: big wood fermentation vats
Maturity: drink now 2017 - 2020
Grape: 45% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Franc, 20% Rubin
Style: dry, complex in the same time elegant , noble , Bordeaux blend.
Winemaking: 30 months in oak barrels - Rubin, Merlot and Cabernet Franc then bottled and another 16 months in bottle
Maturity: can drink now, but it has potential for ageing (2018-2030)
Sluiting: Cork
Serve: 16 - 18°C
Winemaker: Tsarev Brod
Region: Northeast, PGI Danube Plain
Style: dry, Citrusy & Mineral
Aged: 10% in new oak, 20% old oak vessels and 1 year on lees.
Winemaker: Tsarev Brod winery
Region: North-east, PGI Danube Plain
Grape: 100% Gergana
Style: dry, aromatic, mineral
Aged: for 6 months on the "fine lees" in inox tank
Grape: 60% Sauvignon Blanc, 20% Traminer, 20% Pinot Gris .
Style: dry - light, elegant, complex
Aged: 6 months on the fine lees in stainless steel vessels.
Serve: 7-8°C
Grape: 100% Sauvignon blanc
Style: dry, aromatic, fruity
Aged: fermented and aged in stainless steel tank, and 6 months on fine lees/ Sur lie
Region: North-east Bulgaria, Shumen,PGI Danube Plain
Grape: 100% Riesling
Style: luscious - sweet (198g/l residual sugar), fruity
Aged: for 12 months in recycled oak barrel
Maturity: drink now, but can further age
Volume: 200 ml or 375 ml
Aged: for 6 months in used oak barrels 400 l
Maturity: can drink now
Grape: 100% Cabernet Franc
Stijl: dry, complex in the same time elegant
Mature: 24 months in specially selected oak barrels, and 36 months in bottle.
Bewaarpotentieel: can drink now, but it has potential for ageing (2018-2023)
Inhoud: 75cl; in 1 box = x3 bottles
Serveren: 16 - 18°C
Region: north-east, Danube Plain PGI
Style: Pétillant-Naturel (methode Ancestrale), extra brut (residual suger 6,1 g/l)
Fermentation: first in small inox 300 l , further fermented in bottle, only one fermentation.
Closure: beer crown
Alcohol: 12%
Style: dry, elegant, Reserve
Aged: for 1 year in inox tanks + 2 years in old oak barrels
Maturity: drink now, but has potential for aging 2019 - 2025
Winemaker: Karabunar estate
Region: Thracian Lowlands PGI
Aging: "skin contact" 1 maand + 4 maand in nieuwe eiken vaten 500 l
Serve: 10°-12C
Style: dry, fruity, oaky
Aging: 9 months new oak barrels
Maturity: drink now, but can age for few years
Alcohol: 14%
Vintage: 0,75l
Aged: big wood fermentation vats 1000 l
Style: grape brandy, aromatic
Vintage: NV
Aged: 12 months in new oak barrels
Alcohol: 40,0% abv
Volume: 0,50 l
Serve: chilled
Style: dry, elegant, red fruit-peppery
Aged: 8 months, new and old oak barrels
Maturity: drink now, but can age few years more
Serve: 16°C
Aging: 8 months "Sur Lie" method/ unoaked / fermented with wild yeast
Aging: 24 months in new and used Bulgarian oak barriques 225 l
Maturity: drink now, but has potential for bottle ageing
Grape: 80% Pinot Noir, 20% Chardonnay
Vinification: after bottling, en "liqueur de tirage’ for minimum 24 months on the lees “sur latte” aging.
Aging: 15 months in 225 l French oak - barriques
Vinification: 10 months in French oak barriques (225 l), 30% - new. Bottle ageing - minimum 3 months before release.
Serve: 10 - 12°C
Aging: 12 months in 225 l French oak barriques and 3-6 months in the bottle.
Maturity: drink now, but has potential for bottle ageing 5 to 7 years
Mature: 12 months in neutral vessel and 24 months months in the bottle
Bewaarpotentieel: can drink now, but it has potential for ageing (2023-2030)
Inhoud: 750 ml
Grape: 100% Pinot Noir (style "Blanc de Noir")
Aging: several months in stainless steel tanks on the fine lees.
Serve: 8-9°C
Grape: 100% Merlot
Stijl: Dry Red, structured with distinguish character.
Mature: 27 months in various oak barrels ( new and used) and 15 months in the bottle before release (nov. 2019)
Bewaarpotentieel: can drink now, but it has potential for ageing (2019-2029)
Inhoud: 0,75l
Style: dry, supple, fruity
Aging: 6 months Bulgarian oak barrels
Region: Melnik, Struma Valley
Grape: 80% Melnik, 20% Pinot Noir
Style: dry, delicate and fruity
Winemaking: 24 hours of skin contact, Only stainless steel
Aging: 25 months in oak barrels, Non-filtered wine.
Maturity: can drink now, but has potential for ageing 2020 - 2025
Grape: 80% Sauvignon blanc, 20% Keratsuda
Winemaking: The grape juice has fermented together with the skins for 2 weeks, then the wine has rested on the lees for 4 weeks.
Maturity: ready to drink, with potential for ageing
Alcohol: 12 % vol
Region: Struma Valley, PGI Thracian valley
Grape: 100% Viognier
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 2022 -2030
Grape: 60% Viognier, 40% Chardonnay
Style: aromatic, fresh and supple
Winemaking: partly Barrel-fermented in Bulgarian oak barrels. Blended after fermentation.
Alcohol: 12,5 % vol
Serve: 8°C
Vintage: n/v non-vintage
Vinification: After bottling for the 2nd ferm. fermentation in bottle is no added sugar 'zero dosage', minimum 24 months aging "sur latte"
Grape: Melnik (Broad leaved Melnik), Merlot , Cabernet Sauvignon
Age of vines: +40 years old
Winemaking: all varieties separately approached, ageing 12 months in new and used French and Bulgarian barriques, Unfiltered.
Bottle ageing: drink now, but can further age 2025
Vines age: "old vine" +50 years old
Winemaking: temp. controlled inox tanks, matured for 12 months in used oak barrels. Wine is unfiltered!
Maturity: ready now, but can further age 2020-2028
Alcohol: 13,0% vol.
Server: 16-18°C
Grape: 100% Keratsuda
Vines age: +40 years old
Winemaking: using the “orange wine” technology, leaving the grape skins and seeds in contact with the juice for about 30 days. Then the wine ages for 10 months in used French oak barrels. Unfiltered.
Maturity: ready now, but can further age 2021-2026
Server: 10-12°C
Winemaker: Edoardo Miroglio wine cellar
Region: Elenovo, Thracian Valley
Grape: Bouquet & Mavrud & Melnik
Style: dry, fruity intensive
Winemaking: 48 hours of skin contact, Only stainless steel , no oak.
Vinification: after bottling, en "liqueur de tirage’ for +24 months on the lees “sur latte” aging.
Closure: champagnecrown
Grape: 65% Melnik, 35% Pinot Noir
Style: dry, intense and complex, culinair
Winemaking: few hours skin contact. Only stainless steel formation and maturing, no oak. Partially Malolactic fermentation (MLF).
Aging: 5 years in oak barrels
Maturity: drink now but can further mature 2020 - 2035
Volume: 0.375 cl
Serve: 8-13°C
Grape: 100% Evmolpia (crossing Bulgarian variety from Mavrud x Merlot)
Style: dry, fruity, culinair, elegant red wine
Aged: few hours cold maceration, fermented and aged in stainless steel tank, and 6 months on fine lees/ Sur lie
Alcohol: 13 % vol
Serve: 8-12°C
Winemaker: Bratanov family winery
Grapes: 50% Chardonnay, 30% Viognier, 20% Tamianka (hand-picked)
Style: droog, complexe tegelijk elegante wijn
Rijping: 10 months in 2 bulgarian oak barrels from 400L
Maturity: can drink now, but has potential (2024 - 2034)
Closer: cork
Serveren: 9 - 12°C
Grapes: 100% Chardonnay (hand-picked)
Style: dry, full-body, complex wine
Rijping: Barrels Fermented and ripened from 4 to 12 months in old and new oak barrels + 12 months in bottle ripening before release.
Maturity: can drink now, but has ripening potential (2023 - 2030)
Serveren: 10 - 12°C
Winemaker: Borovitza winery
Region: Northwest Bulgaria, Danube Plain PGI
Grape: Rkatsiteli & Aligoté hand-picked, 65 years old wine stocks
Vinification: Natural wine - Naturally spontaneous fermentation and low in sulphite. Aged for 6 months in used oak barrels
Grape: Marsanne, Roussanne, Viognier , low yield, Vineyard 'Strazhite'
Vinification: Natural wine, Spontaneous fermentation. Aging for 20 months in used oak barrels. Low in sulfite.
Maturity: Ready to drink - 2030, it can further mature in bottle
Varieties: Merlot, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon (cépage)
Style: dry, aromatic, complex
Vinatge: September 17, 2021
Vinification: method 'Sur Lie' few month in RSV tanks / no oak ripening / 'Wilde fermentation'
Sluiting: cork
Grape: blend of Merlot, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon
Aging: 48 months in oak barrels
Maturity: can drink now, but it has potential for ageing 2020 - 2030
Grape: 30% Shiroka Melnik Loza, 25% Melnik55, 25% Melnik 1300 Jubilee, 10% Melnik82, 5% Ruen, 5% Melnik Rubin
Aging: 12 months, Bulgarian oak barrels
Maturity: can drink now, but it has potential for ageing 2020 - 2028
Style: dry, elegant, classic riesling style
Aged: fermented and aged in stainless steel tank, and 8 months on fine lees/ Sur lie
Style: dry, elegant, original
Aged: skin-contact, fermented and aged in stainless steel tank, and 6 months on fine lees/ Sur lie
Volume: Magnum 1500 ml
Aging: 18 months in new 225 l French oak barriques
Inhout: Magnum 1500 ml
Grape: 50% Melnik, 50% Mavrud
Style: dry and elegant, soft
Winemaking: cold pressing and maceration with the skins for 24h. iNOX tanks fermentation and 'sur lie' maturation. final blend made afterwards.
Closure: Vinolok (glass closure)
Serve: 6-8°C
Grape: 100% Sandanski Misket (Misket), Unique variety from Southwest Bulgaria, town of Sandanski named after.
Style: aromatic, dry and elegant
Winemaking: cold pressing and maceration with the skins for 78h. iNOX tanks fermentation and 'sur lie' maturation.
Alcohol: 12,5 %
Grape: 30% Merlot, 25% Cabernet Sauvignon, , 25% Mavrud, 20% Syrah
Vines age: 40 years old
Maturity: ready now, but can further age 2023-2030
Vines age: +65 years old
Winemaking: cold maceration, temp. controlled inox tanks fermentation. Partelly around 30% in oak barrels aged, 70% in inox tanks. Final blend made before bottling.
Maturity: ready now 2023-2033
Grape: 60% Merlot, 35% Cabernet Sauvignon, 5% Melnik 55 ( early melnik vine),
Age of vines: +50 years old
Winemaking: all varieties separately approached, ageing 12 months in 50% new and 50% used French and Bulgarian barriques, Unfiltered.
Bottle ageing: drink now, but can further age 2028
Style: dry, full-body, classic riesling style
Aged: fermented and aged in stainless steel tank, and 12 months on fine lees/ Sur lie
Alcohol: 13%
Grape: 50% Cabernet Franc, 40 Merlot, 10% Rubin
Maturity: can drink now, but it has potential for ageing (2021-2031)
Winemaker: Four Friends winery
Grape: 100% Mavrud, vineyards Novi Izvor - 34 years old
Style: dry, complex en full-body
Aging: 12 months in ook barrels (20% new, 80% used)
Maturity: ready to drink, but it can mature further
Alcohol: 14,00 %
Grape: 100% Mourvèdre, vineyards village Momkovo - 12 years old , bio
Aging: 12 months/30 %new,30% second fill,40 % third fill
Alcohol: 14,5 %
Grape: 100% Chardonnay, vineyards village Zmeyovo, 14 years old, biological growing
Style: dry, ripe citrus and stone fruit , medium body
Aging: 9 months in ook barrels
Alcohol: 13,5 %
Grape: 90% Grenache, 10% Mourvèdre - vineyards village Momkovo, 12 years old, biological growing
Style: dry, elegant, supple, fruitig
Aging: RSV inox tanks, no oak
Maturity: ready to drink
Alcohol: 13,00 %
Grape: 54% Merlot, 26% Cabernet Sauvignon, 15% Cabernet Franc, 5% Petit Verdot. Vineyards village Gorno Botevo, 14 y old, biological growing
Aging: 15 months in oak: 40% new, 40 second fill, 20% third fill
Maturity: ready to drink, but it can mature further +10 years
Grapes: 100% Syrah (hand-picked)
Style: dry, round and complex wine
Vinification: Saignée method, fermentation with 'wild' yeasts in stainless steel, aged for a total of 24 months in used oak barrels.
Maturity: can drink now, but has ripening potential (2023 - 2027)
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