The Winery Zitara of Thracian Valley

Winery Zitara
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 166 of the estates of Thracian Valley.
It is located in Thracian Valley

The Winery Zitara is one of the best wineries to follow in Thracian Valley.. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Thracian Valley to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Zitara wines

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

The top red wines of Winery Zitara

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Zitara

How Winery Zitara wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of american fillet (belgian-style beef tartar), quick beef bourguignon or forest rabbit.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Zitara

On the nose the red wine of Winery Zitara. often reveals types of flavors of earth, oak or black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Zitara

  • 2014With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2013With an average score of 4.20/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.02/5
  • 0With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.88/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.80/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Merlot
  • Petit Verdot
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Mavrud
  • Mourvedre

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 white wines of Winery Zitara

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Zitara

How Winery Zitara wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of pan-fried carrots, hawaiian poke bowl or vegan leek and tofu quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Zitara

On the nose the white wine of Winery Zitara. often reveals types of flavors of earth, microbio or oak and sometimes also flavors of tree fruit, citrus fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Zitara

  • 2016With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc

Discover the grape variety: Petit Verdot

Petit Verdot noir is a grape variety that originated in France (southwest). 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. Petit Verdot noir can be found in several vineyards: South-West, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Rhone valley, Provence & Corsica, Loire valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, Armagnac.

The top pink wines of Winery Zitara

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Zitara

How Winery Zitara wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of kamounia : tunisian beef stew, broccoli gratin or turnip confit with parma cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Zitara

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Zitara. often reveals types of flavors of earth, citrus fruit or red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Zitara

  • 2017With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 0With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Cabernet Franc
  • Grenache
  • Mourvedre

The word of the wine: Physiological maturity

The stage of ripeness of the grape berry when it has reached an optimal weight and when the sugar and acidity levels have stabilized.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Zitara

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 Zitara.

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.