The Winery Castra Rubra of Thracian Valley

Winery Castra Rubra
The winery offers 36 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Telish.
It is ranked in the top 8 of the estates of Thracian Valley.
It is located in Thracian Valley

The Winery Castra Rubra is one of the largest wineries in the world. It offers 36 wines for sale in of Thracian Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Castra Rubra wines

Looking for the best Winery Castra Rubra wines in Thracian Valley among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Castra Rubra 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 Castra Rubra wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery Castra Rubra

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Castra Rubra

How Winery Castra Rubra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of rabbit with cider and mushrooms, rabbit with cider and prunes or salmon and spinach lasagna.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Castra Rubra

On the nose the white wine of Winery Castra Rubra. often reveals types of flavors of pear, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, vegetal or tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Castra Rubra

  • 2017With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.65/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.61/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.53/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Castra Rubra.

  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier
  • Sémillon
  • Pinot Gris
  • Sauvignon Gris

Discovering the wine region of Thracian Valley

Thracian Lowlands is a wine region in the South of Bulgaria. It one of two PGI designations for Bulgarian wine recognized for export into the EU. The other is Danubian Plains. Both were introduced in 2007 as Part of Bulgaria's preparations for joining the EU.

Together they are responsible for around 30 percent of the country's wine production. There are also 52 smaller PDOs (the equivalent of an AOP in France) but only a few of them are used for any great volumes. However a considerable number of traditional (dating back before 2007) geographic terms are still used by wineries. Red wine grapes are to the fore in the western part of the appellation.

Leading varieties include the Bordeaux varieties, Ruby Cabernet, Mavrud and Pamid. Mavrud is very much an indigenous flagship variety for the area. Wine Centers in the west include Asenovgrad, Brezovo and Perushtitsa. The zone is very large, and so general comments regarding wine styles and growing conditions are very Hard to make.

The top red wines of Winery Castra Rubra

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Castra Rubra

How Winery Castra Rubra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef with cider, lamb tagine with prunes and almonds or carrot soup with curry and coconut milk.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Castra Rubra

On the nose the red wine of Winery Castra Rubra. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or blackberry and sometimes also flavors of blueberry, red fruit or tobacco.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Castra Rubra

  • 2011With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2007With an average score of 3.82/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.78/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.77/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Castra Rubra.

  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Rubin
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Malbec

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Castra Rubra

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Castra Rubra

How Winery Castra Rubra wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of kafta bil saniyeh (lebanese dish), fricadella or rabbit with mushrooms.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Castra Rubra

  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.71/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Castra Rubra.

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Pinot Noir
  • Shiraz/Syrah

The word of the wine: Aqueous

Said of a diluted wine for which one has the impression that water has been added.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Castra Rubra

Planning a wine route in the of Thracian Valley? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Castra Rubra.

Discover the grape variety: Mavrud

A very old grape variety whose origin is still uncertain, it is thought to have come from Greece, and for others its origin is Bulgarian from the Thrace plain where it is still widely cultivated. It can be found in Romania, Albania, Greece, Bulgaria, etc. Little known in France, it is nevertheless registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A1.