The Winery Бельбек (Belbek) of Crimea

Winery Бельбек (Belbek) - Алиготе (Aligoté)
The winery offers 21 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.8.
It is ranked in the top 75 of the estates of Crimea.
It is located in Crimea

The Winery Бельбек (Belbek) is one of the world's great estates. It offers 21 wines for sale in of Crimea to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Бельбек (Belbek) wines

Looking for the best Winery Бельбек (Belbek) wines in Crimea among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Бельбек (Belbek) wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Winery Бельбек (Belbek) wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Бельбек (Belbek)

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Бельбек (Belbek)

How Winery Бельбек (Belbek) wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of spicy food, sweet desserts or pork such as recipes of homemade pork curry, brownies with nuts or stuffed squid in the sétoise sauce.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Бельбек (Belbek)

On the nose the white wine of Winery Бельбек (Belbek). often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, tropical fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of earth.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Бельбек (Belbek)

  • 2018With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.57/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Бельбек (Belbek).

  • Rkatsiteli
  • Aligoté
  • Kokur Bely
  • Moscato Giallo
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Riesling

Discovering the wine region of Crimea

Turkey, located on the Anatolian peninsula between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, produces more grapes than any other country in the world. However, only a very small proportion of these grapes are made into wine; as a predominantly Muslim nation, Turkey's per capita Alcohol consumption is very low. The lack of wine production in Turkey is highly ironic, as wine historians believe that viticulture and winemaking originated in this Part of the world. Archaeological projects in Turkey and neighboring countries in the Levant have uncovered evidence suggesting that primitive VineBreeding was part of life here more than 6,000 years ago, which explains the abundance of wine grapes (vinifera).

The most commonly used wine grapes in Turkey are those used as table grapes, the only use they could be put to during the seven centuries of Ottoman rule. Ampelographic research has suggested that Turkey is home to between 500 and 1000 distinct varieties of vinifera grapes. Although Turkey's wine history is one of the oldest in the world, the modern Turkish wine industry is very Young. Turkey only began producing wine again in 1925, as a symbol of the nation's modernization and westernization.

The founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, established the country's oldest winery. The largest winery in modern Turkey is owned by tobacco giant Tekel (whose name translates as "monopoly"), now a subsidiary of British American Tobacco. Turkey's transcontinental location, between the deserts of Arabia (its eastern neighbours are Syria, Iraq and Iran) and the seas of Eastern Europe (the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea), results in significant climatic variations within its borders. While the western coastal regions have a temperate Mediterranean Climate, with hot, Dry summers and milder, wetter winters, the northern regions (on the Black Sea) have significantly higher humidity in summer and colder winters.

The top red wines of Winery Бельбек (Belbek)

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Бельбек (Belbek)

How Winery Бельбек (Belbek) wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of shepherd's pie (potatoes, beef, carrots, bacon), lamb garam massala or pasta with shrimp.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Бельбек (Belbek)

On the nose the red wine of Winery Бельбек (Belbek). often reveals types of flavors of oak, black fruit or spices.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Бельбек (Belbek)

  • 2015With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.83/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Бельбек (Belbek).

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir
  • Pinot Meunier
  • Saperavi

Discover the grape variety: Saperavi

Originally from Georgia - Kakhetie region - where it has been cultivated for a long time. This variety is found in many countries such as Russia, Bulgaria, the Caucasus and Crimean republics, etc. Care should be taken not to confuse it with others, which are admittedly quite similar, but which bear the name Saperavi, generally followed by another name. In France, the "real Saperavi" is practically unknown, it is however registered since November 2012 in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A1.

The top pink wines of Winery Бельбек (Belbek)

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Бельбек (Belbek)

How Winery Бельбек (Belbek) wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of cicadas at the chib, lamb mouse with figs and grapes or butternut soufflé.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Бельбек (Belbek)

  • 2018With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 2.70/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Бельбек (Belbek).

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

The word of the wine: Physiological maturity

The stage of ripeness of the grape berry when it has reached an optimal weight and when the sugar and acidity levels have stabilized.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Бельбек (Belbek)

Planning a wine route in the of Crimea? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Бельбек (Belbek).

Discover the grape variety: Sauvignon

Sauvignon Gris is a grape variety that originated in France (South-West). 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. Sauvignon Gris can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Loire Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Beaujolais, Armagnac, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey.

News about Winery Бельбек (Belbek) and wines from the region

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Ukrainian wine, hanging in the balance

Since February 24th 2022 the world has quickly learned a great deal more about Europe’s second-largest country, Ukraine. Most notably will be our profound admiration for the Ukrainians’ continued resistance to the invading Russian Army. This is but one item on a long list that includes such things as Ukraine being one of the world’s top exporters of wheat, barley and sunflower seeds. However, many people are also now learning that Ukraine not only has a thriving winemaking sect ...

The word of the wine: Physiological maturity

The stage of ripeness of the grape berry when it has reached an optimal weight and when the sugar and acidity levels have stabilized.