Wines made from Mavrud grapes of Continental Greece
Discover the best wines made with Mavrud as a single variety or as a blend of Continental Greece.
Structured, tannic reds with a deep inky robe, firm tannins and moderate acidity. Intense aromas of blackberry, black plum, blackcurrant, candied cherry, spices, leather, tobacco and balsamic notes. Fine ageing potential with oak maturation. Star of Bulgaria's great reds around Asenovgrad (Thrace) and driver of the Bulgarian wine renaissance. Very late-ripening native Bulgarian variety, one of the most historic in the country (mentioned since Thracian antiquity).
Vast region of central Greece (Attica, Boeotia, Euboea, Phocis. ), ~1/3 of national output.