The Winery Ivo Varbanov of Thracian Valley

Winery Ivo Varbanov - Seriosa e Piccola Viognier
The winery offers 34 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.
It is ranked in the top 29 of the estates of Thracian Valley.
It is located in Thracian Valley

The Winery Ivo Varbanov is one of the world's great estates. It offers 34 wines for sale in of Thracian Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Ivo Varbanov wines

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

The top white wines of Winery Ivo Varbanov

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Ivo Varbanov

How Winery Ivo Varbanov wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, game (deer, venison) or shellfish such as recipes of beef bourguignon with cookéo, conejo al ajillo (spain) or chinese noodles with shrimp.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Ivo Varbanov

On the nose the white wine of Winery Ivo Varbanov. often reveals types of flavors of peach, butter or mushroom and sometimes also flavors of honey, non oak or earth.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Ivo Varbanov

  • 2012With an average score of 4.25/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.23/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.22/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.07/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.00/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Ivo Varbanov.

  • Chardonnay
  • Viognier
  • Taminga

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 Ivo Varbanov

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Ivo Varbanov

How Winery Ivo Varbanov wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of braised beef with guinness, pastasotto pepper merguez (risotto style pasta) or haddock with curry cream.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Ivo Varbanov

On the nose the red wine of Winery Ivo Varbanov. often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, earth or black fruit and sometimes also flavors of non oak, oak or spices.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Ivo Varbanov

  • 2018With an average score of 4.70/5
  • 2009With an average score of 4.36/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.28/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.27/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.15/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Ivo Varbanov.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Merlot
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Marselan
  • Mavrud

Discover the grape variety: Marselan

Marselan noir is a grape variety that originated in France (Languedoc). 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 large bunches and small grapes. Marselan noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Cognac, Bordeaux, Languedoc & Roussillon, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais.

The top pink wines of Winery Ivo Varbanov

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Ivo Varbanov

How Winery Ivo Varbanov wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of spanish stew (cocido), tajine with 2 meats and preserved lemons or chicken tagine with apricots.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Ivo Varbanov

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Ivo Varbanov. often reveals types of flavors of strawberries, non oak or spices and sometimes also flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Ivo Varbanov

  • 2013With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.10/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Ivo Varbanov.

  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Marselan

The word of the wine: Finesse

Quality of a delicate and elegant wine.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Ivo Varbanov

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 Ivo Varbanov.

Discover the grape variety: Viognier

White Viognier is a grape variety that originated in France (Rhone Valley). 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 grapes of small size. White Viognier can be found in many vineyards: South West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone Valley, Burgundy, Jura, Champagne, Savoie & Bugey, Provence & Corsica, Loire Valley, Beaujolais.

News about Winery Ivo Varbanov and wines from the region

Top Roussillon wines: 15 to discover

The Roussillon is home to a range of wine styles, at varying price points. Sweet fortified wines (vin doux naturel) used to dominate production, with still dry wines (vin sec) in the minority. In the last 30 years, however, this has completely changed, and vin sec now makes up the majority (80%) of the Roussillon’s output. The recent Wines of Roussillon tasting, held in London, not only highlighted many good quality dry wines being produced, but also cemented the idea that Roussillon whites are ...

Sale of six-litre DRC wine ‘rescinded’ amid counterfeit concerns

Acker announced in September that it had sold a six-litre bottle of Domaine de la Romanée-Conti’s (DRC) ‘Romanée-Conti’ 2002 at a Hong Kong auction for nearly HK$3.1m (US$398,400). However, it’s understood that the sale of the bottle was subsequently cancelled. Doubts about the wine’s authenticity have been raised by lawyer and wine fraud expert Don Cornwell on the Wine Beserkers website. He also expressed concerns about another wine, a six-litre bottle of DRC Romanée-Conti 2000, which was origi ...

Bordeaux château to ‘simulate’ 2050 vintage climate

Château La Tour Carnet said it will expose an experimental vineyard to artificially higher temperatures to replicate some of the conditions the Bordeaux 2050 vintage may face due to climate change. It’s part of the ‘Oracle’ project at the fourth growth estate, which is among those in Bordeaux seeking to understand how well classic grape varieties like Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot can adapt to climate change. At La Tour Carnet, warming cables more commonly used in aeroplanes will be employed thi ...

The word of the wine: Finesse

Quality of a delicate and elegant wine.