The wine region of Trakiiska Nizina is located in the region of Thrace of Bulgaria. Wineries and vineyards like the Domaine Santa Sarah or the Domaine Santa Sarah produce mainly wines red, white and pink. The most planted grape varieties in the region of Trakiiska Nizina are Cabernet-Sauvignon, Mavrud and Merlot, they are then used in wines in blends or as a single variety. On the nose of Trakiiska Nizina often reveals types of flavors of oak, black fruit or non oak and sometimes also flavors of earth, spices or red fruit.
We currently count 1 estates and châteaux in the of Trakiiska Nizina, producing 14 different wines in conventional, organic and biodynamic agriculture. The wines of Trakiiska Nizina go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food.
Whenever I visit Domaine Richaud, just outside the village of Cairanne, the winemaking team remind me of friends I made at free parties in the 1990s in fields and disused warehouses. I’m not talking dreadlocks and dogs on strings, but there’s always an anarchic frisson in the air. You get the impression they know how to enjoy themselves. Perhaps it’s to be expected, given the radical furrow Marcel Richaud has ploughed. He’s approaching 70 now, but still thrums with pent-up energy, his ice-blue e ...
A domaine’s long history hoists its inanimate wines into life; biography brings meaning to the simple sensual pleasure of tasting a grower’s efforts. It’s important, though, to know what we are doing when we tell stories. And to know what to tell them about. Winemakers take the messy chaos of natural processes and add discipline, giving shape and direction to produce a stable and enticing wine. This was never nature’s intent. The storyteller takes a messy chaos of random events, either imagined ...
For Dom Pérignon, 2008 marked a significant turning point for its Champagnes. It was the year when the two-part renovation of the red wine winery was completed as well as the culmination of learning from a period of experimentation with different tools and techniques from 2000 to 2005. Scroll down to see the tasting note and score for Dom Pérignon Rosé 2008 ‘It’s not even an evolution, but a revolution between 2000 and today,’ said Dom Pérignon chef de cave Vincent Chaperon. ‘W ...
