The Winery Popov of Tikves Wine Region

Winery Popov - Smolnik Vranec
The winery offers 37 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 89 of the estates of Tikves Wine Region.
It is located in Tikves Wine Region

The Winery Popov is one of the world's great estates. It offers 37 wines for sale in of Tikves Wine Region to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Popov wines

Looking for the best Winery Popov wines in Tikves Wine Region among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Popov 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 Popov wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Popov

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Popov

How Winery Popov wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of harira de mamie (moroccan soup), quick couscous or lamb tagine with prunes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Popov

On the nose the red wine of Winery Popov. often reveals types of flavors of cherry, oaky or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, non oak or earth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Popov

  • 2009With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2008With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Vranac
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Cabernet Franc

Discovering the wine region of Tikves Wine Region

The Republic of NorthMacedonia">Macedonia is a country located in the heart of the Balkan Peninsula in Southeastern Europe. It is quite distinct from modern Greek Macedonia, with which it shares a border of over 160 kilometres (100 miles). The wine industry is dominated by red wines. Production is centered on two indigenous Grape varieties (Vranac and Kratosija), as well as a few international varieties such as the ubiquitous Bordeaux varieties Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.

The main wine-producing regions are Pcinja-Osogovo in the north, Pelagonija-Polog in the south and Povardarie. The republic as a whole has a stable area of 23,000 hectares (56,850 acres) of vineyards and a slightly larger coverage of vines harvested for table grapes. Although it is a landlocked country (it is separated from the Adriatic Sea by Albania and from the Aegean Sea by Greece), the republic experiences continental and Mediterranean influences on its Climate. Its northeastern corner is separated from the nearest coast by 200 km (125 miles), while Lake Doiran, at its southeastern end, is only 55 km (35 miles) from the Greek coastal city of Thessaloniki, on the Gulf of Thessaloniki.

Along the Albanian border, in the southwest corner of the republic, several large lakes temper the climate. The shelter provided by the local topography combines with other geological factors to create particularly productive agricultural land, especially around the lake towns of Struga and Resen. Grapes play an important role in the local economy and agriculture. Lake Prespa, which Northern Macedonia shares with Greece and Albania, is the highest tectonic lake in Europe.

The top white wines of Winery Popov

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Popov

How Winery Popov wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or shellfish such as recipes of bare-assed cockerel (ardennes), salmon and goat cheese quiche or paella for dummies (simple and delicious).

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Popov

  • 2014With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Gewürztraminer
  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Pinot Gris
  • Temjanika

Discover the grape variety: Pinot gris

Pinot Gris is a grey grape variety mutated from Pinot Noir. It has its origins in Burgundy, where it is called pinot-beurot in reference to the colour of the grey robes worn by the monks of the region. Established in Alsace since the 17th century, pinot gris was called tokay until 2007. It is made up of bunches of small berries that vary in colour from pink to blue-grey. It is particularly well suited to the continental climate because it is resistant to the cold in winter and to spring frosts. This variety also likes dry limestone soils with plenty of sunshine in the summer. Pinot Gris is well suited to late harvesting or to the selection of noble grapes, depending on the year and the concentration of sugars in the berries. Pinot Gris wines are distinguished by their aromatic complexity of white fruits, mushrooms, honey, vanilla, cinnamon, etc., and their great finesse. In the Loire Valley, pinot gris is used in the Coteaux-d'Ancenis appellations. It gives dry or sweet wines with pear and peach aromas.

The top pink wines of Winery Popov

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Popov

How Winery Popov wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or pork such as recipes of meat and goat pie, caramelized lamb mice or summer orecchiette.

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

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot

The word of the wine: Draft liquor (champagne)

After blending, the wine is bottled with a liqueur de tirage (a mixture of sugar and wine) and a yeast (selected yeasts). The yeast attacks the sugar and creates carbon dioxide. The fermentation, which lasts about two months, is prolonged by an ageing period (15 months minimum in total). The bottle is capped (some rare vintages are capped with a staple and a cork).

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Popov

Planning a wine route in the of Tikves Wine Region? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Popov.

Discover the grape variety: Cabernet franc

Cabernet Franc is one of the oldest red grape varieties in Bordeaux. The Libourne region is its terroir where it develops best. The terroirs of Saint-Emilion and Fronsac allow it to mature and develop its best range of aromas. It is also the majority in many blends. The very famous Château Cheval Blanc, for example, uses 60% Cabernet Franc. The wines produced with Cabernet Franc are medium in colour with fine tannins and subtle aromas of small red fruits and spices. When blended with Merlot and Cabernet Sauvignon, it brings complexity and a bouquet of aromas to the wine. It produces fruity wines that can be drunk quite quickly, but whose great vintages can be kept for a long time. It is an earlier grape variety than Cabernet Sauvignon, which means that it is planted as far north as the Loire Valley. In Anjou, it is also used to make sweet rosé wines. Cabernet Franc is now used in some twenty countries in Europe and throughout the world.

News about Winery Popov and wines from the region

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

Platinum: The 97 point wines of DWWA 2022

The largest-ever year for entries, an incredible 18,244 wines were judged at the 2022 Decanter World Wine Awards – with just 163 wines awarded a Platinum medal. ‘Winning a Platinum medal is something really exceptional’ said Decanter World Wine Awards Co-Chair Sarah Jane Evans MW. ‘Platinum is like the stratospheric level’ she commented, ‘so it’s really saying to the winemaker: this is a great wine.’ Making up just 0.87% of the total wines tasted at the 2022 c ...

The word of the wine: Draft liquor (champagne)

After blending, the wine is bottled with a liqueur de tirage (a mixture of sugar and wine) and a yeast (selected yeasts). The yeast attacks the sugar and creates carbon dioxide. The fermentation, which lasts about two months, is prolonged by an ageing period (15 months minimum in total). The bottle is capped (some rare vintages are capped with a staple and a cork).