Why this wine belongs
The archive's anchor red: unmistakably Bulgarian, and unwilling to imitate anything else.
Mavrud is the grape Bulgaria has grown longest and abandoned least, a late ripener that demands the full length of the Thracian autumn.
Tasting
Blackberry, dried herbs and black pepper over firm, slightly rustic tannin that softens with air.
At the table
Lamb, slow-cooked beef, aged sheep cheese.
- Vintage
- 2021
- Producer
- Villa Melnik
- Region
- Thracian Valley
- Country
- Bulgaria
- Grape
- Mavrud
- Style
- Red
- Alcohol
- 13.5%
- Serve at
- 16–18 °C
Where it grew
Thracian Valley
The broad plain south of the Balkan range, farmed for wine since Thracian times and still the country's most planted region.
Explore the regionThe producer
Villa Melnik
Struma Valley · Bulgaria
A family estate above the village of Harsovo, working the Melnik family of grapes on terraced south-facing slopes.
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