Variety

100% cabernet franc

Vineyards :

Vetrino village, PGU Danube Plain

The vines are 13 years old, located near the village of Vetrino, Varna region, in the Babuka area.

The soils are alluvial and stony. The altitude is 300 m.

Technology:

The grapes are hand-picked in small boxes and transported in a refrigerated truck.

The cooled grapes are sorted by hand and crushed in small open fermenters.

The desteamed grapes are cooled and macerated for 3-5 days. After the natural increase of the temperature, the fermentation is controlled in the range of 20 - 22°С.

The cap is plunged and pumped over daily

After fermentation, the grape mash is pressed into Bulgarian oak barrels for aging.

Technical details:

Alcohol - 13%

Titratable acids – 5.5 g/l

The temperature of the alcoholic fermentation is controlled in the range of 15 -17 ° C.

Residual sugars 1 g/l

Ageing:

The wine matures 8-9 months in Bulgarian barrels on the fine lees.

The wines have minimal processing and no filtration. Noble sediment is possible.