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VINICA Mavrud - The Best Bulgarian Wine for 2016
Our VINICA Mavrud BIO or say it another way “The Bulgarian Amarone” has won 1st place in the annual ranking of the Top 50 Bulgarian wines. Vinica was also earlier awarded The Best Bulgarian Wine from an indigenous grape variety. And it's Mavrud that plays the main role here – a local grape variety from Bulgaria with great potential.
Comments from DIVINO - the organisation in charge of the ranking:
"We've been constantly keeping an eye on this Mavrud for six years already, since the creation of this ranking. We can certainly conclude that every vintage since 2008 (the first one we have tasted) has something impressive to show: a recognizable aromatic profile and its own specific character! This is a wine with own identity, a wine that you will remember, undoubtedly not just a simple wine, one of all on the market. In other words, this is a wine that really represents this unique Bulgarian terroir. Definitely the owner Dimitar Kostadinov and his team have chosen for the right approach for both the location and the grape. And this gives now its excellent results. Furthermore this is not the first Vinica in the TOP10 Bulgarian wines - in 2015 Vinica 2011 got 6th place. Also the well-known wine critic Jancis Robinson rated Vinica very positively some time ago ... "
DIVINO has been in charge of the leading journal in the wine industry in Bulgaria for twelve years now. The organization addresses both wine lovers and wine professionals and distinguishes itself by its professionalism and objectivity.
VINICA Mavrud BIO - Other awards:
- GOLD MEDAL - International Bio Wine Award 2017, Germany;
- GOLD MEDAL - Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2017;
- SPECIAL AWARD BIO WINE - Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2017;
- GOLD MEDAL - Concours Mondial de Bruxelles 2016;
- IN THE TOP 5 NOMINATIONS FOR WINE OF THE YEAR 2016 - 28e Proefschrift Wijnconcours, Amsterdam 2016;
- 6TH PLACE IN TOP 50 Bulgaarse wijnen voor 2015 - DiVino Bulagaria;
- SILVER MEDAL - The Balkans International Wine Competition 2014;
Review The Wine and Food Association (Amsterdam, Netherlands): 8+
"Mavrud, organic, the grapes have been dried for 2-3 months outdoors, 15 months oak aging in new Bulgarian barriques; intense colour, dark fruit, nice acidity, succulent, exciting, refreshing, well-balanced, spicy undertones, good oak integration, long fruity finish"
“Congratulations to Zagreus Winery, Upper Thracian Lowland, Bulgaria, who have come up with a really unusual, ambitious and successful red based on Bulgaria's signature grape variety Mavrud. This innovative wine is made, most unusually for Bulgaria, by drying the grapes for two to three months after the harvest on racks, the method that is so common in north-eastern Italy for the likes of Amarone.”
Pair with powerful food ...
“Certainly this wine tastes as though it has certain tonic properties. It is long on every sort of phenolic you could think of - colour, tannin, flavour - and needs some powerful food to go alongside. It rather overwhelmed the beetroot arancini, deep-fried balls of beetroot-flavoured risotto, that I tried it with in the restaurant at Tate Britain (excellent wine list). I could imagine it going well with grouse, long-hung venison or some other strong game. But it's a fascinating wine with just a slightly tarry undertow. It doesn't have the bitter cherry aspect of a Valpolicella Ripasso but it does have the sour plum and velvet character of - guess what? - Mavrud. The fruit is fresh, clean and appetising and someone clearly knows how to make wine here.”
“Zagreus Winery aims to make this Vinica wine, named after the Kostadinov family's native village, apparently, rather than as a play on any word meaning 'wine', the winery's flagship.”
“Zagreus the winery looks ultra-modern and was built in 2004. It was called Zagreus (Greek: Ζαγρεύς) because in Greek mythology Zagreus was identified with Dionysus/Bacchus. A cave nearby is supposed to have been a temple to this god of wine.
The Zagreus winery was built by Jordan Kostadinov in Purvomai/Parvomay, just east of Assenovgrad, a name which has long been associated with superior Mavrud, and the ancient city of Plovdiv, at one stage named after the father of Alexander the Great who captured it in 342 BC.
Associated with the Zagreus winery are 120 hectares of vineyards, which must allow for a certain amount of selection. I have been assured that they have been certified organic, and that the soil is mostly dark to light red (the colour of the soil always seems to be its most important characteristic in ex-Soviet-influenced lands) with a high iron content.”
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