The best wines of Metohija
Discover the best wines of Metohija as well as the best winemakers of Metohija and estates of Metohija to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Metohija and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Top wines of Metohija by region
Looking for a good wine of Metohija among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Metohija. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Metohija with technical and enological descriptions.
Great red wines of Metohija
See the top 100 best red wines of MetohijaWant to buy a red wine of Metohija cheap or sell a red wine of Metohija at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.
Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Metohija
Red wines from the region of Metohija go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of vegetable noddles, leg of lamb with spices or japanese curry.
Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Metohija
On the nose the red wine of the region of Metohija. often reveals types of flavors of red fruit, non oak or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, earth or black fruit.
The best vintages in red wine of Metohija
- 2017With an average score of 4.26/5
- 2012With an average score of 3.80/5
- 2014With an average score of 3.79/5
- 2015With an average score of 3.59/5
- 2016With an average score of 3.54/5
- 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
The most used grape varieties in red wine of Metohija
- Vranac
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Merlot
- Pinot Noir
- Prokupac
Discovering the wine region of Metohija
Kosovo is a region of south-eastern Europe, once an autonomous province within the former Yugoslavia. Until the outbreak of civil war, Kosovo had a substantial area of productive vineyards. Many were then abandoned, and the industry is still in the early stages of recovery.
This is a disputed land, claimed as sovereign territory by Serbia but seen as independent by the ethnic Albanian majority who live there.
Kosovo was governed by the United Nations until 2008, when the government of Kosovo was formed.
The effect of the conflict on the wine industry was amplified because Kosovo's pre-war exports were heavily focused on a single wine brand aimed at a single export market. Amselfelder ('blackbird fields'), a Sweet red wine made from Pinot Noir and Gamay, was a massive success in Germany.
The Kosovan wine market was disproportionately dependent upon it.
Millions of cases of Amselfelder were shipped to Germany each year, and the brand was at its peak when war broke out.
The logistics of wine production and export are nearly impossible in wartime, so for almost a decade those vineyards which remained undamaged were largely abandoned; the brand disappeared entirely.
Its place in the German wine market was taken by several similarly styled wines from other regions. Amselkeller, a red from Valencia in Spain, was the most successful rival, appearing just 18 months after the start of the Kosovan war.
Great white wines of Metohija
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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Metohija
White wines from the region of Metohija go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of boeuf en daube, salmon in bellevue or mushroom, bacon and gruyere quiche.
The best vintages in white wine of Metohija
- 2015With an average score of 3.70/5
- 2017With an average score of 3.50/5
- 2013With an average score of 3.50/5
- 2014With an average score of 3.31/5
- 2016With an average score of 3.20/5
The most used grape varieties in white wine of Metohija
- Riesling
- Chardonnay
- Smederevka
- Grasevina
- Sauvignon Blanc
Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay
The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.
Great pink wines of Metohija
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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Metohija
Pink wines from the region of Metohija go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of homemade beef stew, chiche kebab in armenian or roast wild boar with beer.
The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Metohija
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Merlot
- Muscat Blanc
Discover the grape variety: Merlot
Merlot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Bordeaux). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small to medium sized bunches, and medium sized grapes. Merlot noir can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Armagnac, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Beaujolais, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey.
News from the vineyard of Metohija
Bordeaux ‘Act for Change’ symposium
The focus of the symposium, unsurprisingly, was on the challenges posed by climate change. As if to illustrate the immediacy of the threat, the symposium took place during a heatwave, with temperatures of over 40°C in Bordeaux and extreme weather events recorded across the coountry: parts of southwest France saw violent storms and winds of 112kph on the evening of 20 June, while vineyards across the Médoc and St-Emilion were damaged by hailstones ‘the size of golfballs’. As Olivier Bernard of D ...
Walls: Tasting five vintages of Domaine Gonon St-Joseph
As a wine critic, witnessing a relatively unknown estate rise up and receive the recognition it deserves can be a bittersweet feeling. From a purely selfish point of view, you watch the prices rise inexorably so you can no longer afford to drink wines from that estate as often as you once did. But primarily you’re delighted for the owners and for those who have discovered their wines. Scroll down for Matt Walls’ tasting notes and scores for five vintages of Domaine Gonon St-Joseph {"c ...
Decanter magazine latest issue: April 2022
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