Winery Ivo VarbanovMerlin Syrah

Red wine of Thracian Valley of Bulgaria

4.0

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

Tasters consider this wine to be one of the best in the region.

The Merlin Syrah of Winery Ivo Varbanov is a red wine from the region of Thracian Valley.
This wine generally goes well with beef, lamb or mature and hard cheese.

Wine flavors and olphactive analysis

Earth

smoke, leather

Oak

On the nose the Merlin Syrah of Winery Ivo Varbanov in the region of Thracian Valley often reveals types of flavors of blackberry, earth or black fruit.

Food and wine pairings with Merlin Syrah

Pairings that work perfectly with Merlin Syrah

Original food and wine pairings with Merlin Syrah

Spicy food

The Merlin Syrah of Winery Ivo Varbanov matches generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of fillet of beef in a foie gras and truffle crust, traditional lamb couscous (from algeria) or couscous without couscous maker.

Details and technical informations about Winery Ivo Varbanov's Merlin Syrah.

Winery

Winery Ivo Varbanov

Grape varieties

Region/Great wine region

Thracian Valley

Country

Bulgaria

Style of wine

Red

Allergens

Contains sulfites

Discover the grape variety: Alval

Intraspecific crossing obtained in 1958 between the dabouki and the Alphonse Lavallée, registered in the Official Catalogue of table and wine grape varieties (double end) list A1.

Last vintages of this wine

Merlin Syrah - 2015

In the top 100 of of Thracian Valley wines

Average rating: 4

The best vintages of Merlin Syrah from Winery Ivo Varbanov are 2015

Informations about the Winery Ivo Varbanov

The winery offers 34 different wines.

Its wines get an average rating of 4.1.

It is in the top 20 of the best estates in the region

It is located in Thracian Valley

The Winery Ivo Varbanov is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 27 wines for sale in the of Thracian Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

In the top 850 of of Bulgaria wines

In the top 550 of of Thracian Valley wines

In the top 200000 of red wines

In the top 350000 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.

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