Winery Castra RubraZahir

Red wine of Thracian Valley of Bulgaria

3.9

(Average of the reviews for all vintages combined and from several consumer review sources)

Tasters generally liked this wine.

The Zahir of Winery Castra Rubra is a red wine from the region of Thracian Valley.
This wine is a blend of 3 varietals which are the Cabernet-Sauvignon, the Sangiovese and the Merlot.
This wine generally goes well with pork, poultry or beef.
The Zahir of the Winery Castra Rubra is in the top 60 of wines of Bulgaria and in the top 40 of wines of Thracian Valley.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Oak

Earth

Spices

On the nose the Zahir of Winery Castra Rubra in the region of Thracian Valley often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Zahir

Pairings that work perfectly with Zahir

Original food and wine pairings with Zahir

The Zahir of Winery Castra Rubra matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of scottish haggis, lebanese lamb meatball or pork tenderloin with mushroom sauce.

Details and technical informations about Winery Castra Rubra's Zahir.

Winery

Winery Castra Rubra

Grape varieties

Cabernet-Sauvignon , Sangiovese , Merlot

Region/Great wine region

Thracian Valley

Country

Bulgaria

Style of wine

Red

Allergens

Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet-Sauvignon

Cabernet-Sauvignon 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 bunches, and small grapes. Cabernet-Sauvignon noir can be found in many vineyards: South-West, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Armagnac, Rhone Valley, Provence & Corsica, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

Last vintages of this wine

Zahir - 2013

In the top 40 of of Thracian Valley wines

Average rating: 4

Zahir - 2012

In the top 40 of of Thracian Valley wines

Average rating: 3.5

Zahir - 2010

In the top 40 of of Thracian Valley wines

Average rating: 3.7

Zahir - 0

In the top 40 of of Thracian Valley wines

Average rating: 3.9

The best vintages of Zahir from Winery Castra Rubra are 2013, 0, 2010, 2012

Informations about the Winery Castra Rubra

The winery offers 36 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.

This winery is part of the Telish.

It is in the top 3 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Thracian Valley

The Winery Castra Rubra is one of of the world's greatest estates. It offers 28 wines for sale in the of Thracian Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 65 of of Bulgaria wines

In the top 40 of of Thracian Valley wines

In the top 30000 of red wines

In the top 45000 wines of the world

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.

The word of the wine: Liquid

Sweet wine containing more than 50 grams of residual sugar per liter. Sweet wines are made from grapes often affected by botrytis cinerea and concentrated either by passerillage (drying of the grapes on the vine stock), or after the harvest (straw wines), or by the cold (ice wines).