The Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка) of Crimea

Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка) - алаклава Chardonnay Brut
The winery offers 56 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.6.
It is ranked in the top 28 of the estates of Crimea.
It is located in Crimea

The Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка) is one of the world's great estates. It offers 56 wines for sale in of Crimea to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка) wines

Looking for the best Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка) wines in Crimea among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка) 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 Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка) wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top sparkling wines of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка)

Food and wine pairings with a sparkling wine of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка)

How Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка) wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of tomatoes stuffed with sausage meat, salmon in bellevue or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wines of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка)

On the nose the sparkling wine of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка). often reveals types of flavors of apples, microbio or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, strawberries or raspberry.

The best vintages in the sparkling wines of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка)

  • 2015With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.59/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.55/5

The grape varieties most used in the sparkling wines of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка).

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Riesling
  • Rkatsiteli
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Moscato

Discovering the wine region of Crimea

Turkey, located on the Anatolian peninsula between the Mediterranean and the Black Sea, produces more grapes than any other country in the world. However, only a very small proportion of these grapes are made into wine; as a predominantly Muslim nation, Turkey's per capita Alcohol consumption is very low. The lack of wine production in Turkey is highly ironic, as wine historians believe that viticulture and winemaking originated in this Part of the world. Archaeological projects in Turkey and neighboring countries in the Levant have uncovered evidence suggesting that primitive VineBreeding was part of life here more than 6,000 years ago, which explains the abundance of wine grapes (vinifera).

The most commonly used wine grapes in Turkey are those used as table grapes, the only use they could be put to during the seven centuries of Ottoman rule. Ampelographic research has suggested that Turkey is home to between 500 and 1000 distinct varieties of vinifera grapes. Although Turkey's wine history is one of the oldest in the world, the modern Turkish wine industry is very Young. Turkey only began producing wine again in 1925, as a symbol of the nation's modernization and westernization.

The founder of the Turkish Republic, Mustafa Kemal Ataturk, established the country's oldest winery. The largest winery in modern Turkey is owned by tobacco giant Tekel (whose name translates as "monopoly"), now a subsidiary of British American Tobacco. Turkey's transcontinental location, between the deserts of Arabia (its eastern neighbours are Syria, Iraq and Iran) and the seas of Eastern Europe (the Mediterranean, the Black Sea and the Caspian Sea), results in significant climatic variations within its borders. While the western coastal regions have a temperate Mediterranean Climate, with hot, Dry summers and milder, wetter winters, the northern regions (on the Black Sea) have significantly higher humidity in summer and colder winters.

The top red wines of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка)

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка)

How Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка) wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of milanese escalope (italy), pan-fried carrots or rabbit leg in foil on the barbecue.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка)

On the nose the red wine of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка). often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or red fruit and sometimes also flavors of black fruit, spices or earth.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка)

  • 2017With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.60/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.60/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка).

  • Saperavi
  • Bastardo Magarachsky
  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot

Discover the grape variety: Sylvaner

The sylvaner is grown mainly in Germany and Alsace. The buds are somewhat cottony and the young leaves are green. The same applies to the ribbed branches. Once mature, the dominant colour is golden-green and small elliptical berries with small to medium-sized bunches can be seen. The ripe fruit is then adorned by five-lobed leaves. This variety is susceptible to chlorosis, gray mold, powdery mildew and mildew. It is also sensitive to frost and wind because of its long branches. It can be grown in any kind of soil, although it prefers stony, sandy and light soils. It is indeed moderately acidic and offers a complex set of aromas such as bitter almond, fruity and floral background. The taste has an excellent mixture of honey and candied or dried fruits.

The top white wines of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка)

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка)

How Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка) wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of sloth pork loin, steamed salmon marinated in herbs or summer tuna quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка)

On the nose the white wine of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка). often reveals types of flavors of non oak, oak or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка)

  • 2010With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.89/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.50/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка).

  • Chardonnay
  • Rkatsiteli
  • Riesling
  • Aligoté

The word of the wine: Terroir

Strictly speaking, the notion of terroir corresponds to the geological characteristics of a vineyard. However, when we talk about terroir, we take into account the soil, the climate (even the microclimate), the flora, the fauna, and the human factor that characterizes the practices that make up the art of the craft.

The top pink wines of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка)

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка)

How Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка) wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of monkfish armorican style, merguez with lentils or chicken risotto with curry.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wines of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка)

On the nose the pink wine of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка). often reveals types of flavors of red fruit.

The best vintages in the pink wines of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка)

  • 2016With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.56/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.54/5

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка).

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Aligoté

Discover the grape variety: Aligoté

Aligoté is an ancient Burgundian grape variety (it has different names depending on the region in which it is grown: griset blanc in Beaune, giboudot blanc in the Chalonnais or troyen blanc in the Aube), mainly used in the production of Bourgogne-Aligoté, Bouzeron and Crémant-de-Bourgogne.aligoté is a medium-fine white grape variety, quite productive, which gives clear, acidic, fresh and light white wines. An anecdote often says that it was a member of the clergy named Kir who gave it its letters of nobility by adding it to blackcurrant cream to prepare an aperitif.produced on more than 1,600 hectares in Burgundy, aligoté has also been exported. It is also cultivated in Eastern Europe (Ukraine, Romania), California, Canada and Chile, representing more than 20,000 hectares in the world.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка)

Planning a wine route in the of Crimea? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка).

Discover the grape variety: Riesling

White Riesling is a grape variety that originated in France (Alsace). It produces a variety of grape specially used for the elaboration of wine. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Riesling can be found in many vineyards: Alsace, Loire Valley, Languedoc & Roussillon, Lorraine, Provence & Corsica, Rhone Valley, Savoie & Bugey, Beaujolais, South West.

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Since February 24th 2022 the world has quickly learned a great deal more about Europe’s second-largest country, Ukraine. Most notably will be our profound admiration for the Ukrainians’ continued resistance to the invading Russian Army. This is but one item on a long list that includes such things as Ukraine being one of the world’s top exporters of wheat, barley and sunflower seeds. However, many people are also now learning that Ukraine not only has a thriving winemaking sect ...

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Strictly speaking, the notion of terroir corresponds to the geological characteristics of a vineyard. However, when we talk about terroir, we take into account the soil, the climate (even the microclimate), the flora, the fauna, and the human factor that characterizes the practices that make up the art of the craft.