The Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка) of Crimea

Winery Zolotaya Balka (Золотая Балка)
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 cantonese rice, wild rice salad with tuna or tuna, pepper and tomato quiche.

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
  • 0With an average score of 3.57/5
  • 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 veal meatballs with curry, cantonese rice or wild boar stew marinated in red wine.

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
  • 0With an average score of 3.66/5
  • 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 roast pork in the oven, salmon with spinach and cream or tuna, pepper and tomato 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
  • 0With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.70/5

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

  • Chardonnay
  • Rkatsiteli
  • Riesling
  • Aligoté

The word of the wine: Bite

Said of a wine with exacerbated acidity.

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 wild boar stew in burgundy style, lamb tagine with olives and honey or pad thai.

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
  • 0With an average score of 3.58/5
  • 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: Pinot noir

Pinot noir is an important red grape variety in Burgundy and Champagne, and its reputation is well known! Great wines such as the Domaine de la Romanée Conti elaborate their wines from this famous grape variety, and make it a great variety. When properly vinified, pinot noit produces red wines of great finesse, with a wide range of aromas depending on its advancement (fruit, undergrowth, leather). it is also the only red grape variety authorized in Alsace. Pinot Noir is not easily cultivated beyond our borders, although it has enjoyed some success in Oregon, the United States, Australia and New Zealand.

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: Saperavi

Originally from Georgia - Kakhetie region - where it has been cultivated for a long time. This variety is found in many countries such as Russia, Bulgaria, the Caucasus and Crimean republics, etc. Care should be taken not to confuse it with others, which are admittedly quite similar, but which bear the name Saperavi, generally followed by another name. In France, the "real Saperavi" is practically unknown, it is however registered since November 2012 in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A1.