Grand Vintage Cabernet Franc, 1.5 L

The best grapes of each vintage grown on the best organic certified vineyards. The most suitable varieties for the terroir of Dabovets vineyard. This is the Grand Vintage brand. It consists of three exceptional varietal red wines and each of them reveals the nature of Mogilovo village and the passion of Midalidare: Syrah, Malbec, and Cabernet Franc.

Appellation and origin: Red varietal wine Cabernet Franc “Grand Vintage” from Bulgaria, Thracian Lowlands, Mogilovo. Midalidare estate grown and bottled: Dabovets vineyard (Bio certified).

Grape variety: 100% Cabernet Franc from Dabovets vineyard.

Vintage: 2021.

Volume: 1500 ml.

Closure: Natural cork.

Alcohol content: 14.5 % vol.

Maturity: Mature. Could benefit from further ageing. Keep up to 5 years.

Packaging: 4 bottles per case.

Tasting notes: Vivid, deep dark red colour with ruby shades. Intensive, varietal aroma of green pepper, blackberry, blueberry, and black currant, enhanced by spicy tone, dark chocolate, vanilla, and smoky notes. Elegant body, mild and harmonic, with luscious tannins. Grand Vintage Cabernet Franc reveals a very strong and intriguing palate, dominated by flavours of black currant and blueberry. Spicy and persisting finish and long aftertaste. A truly memorable wine.

Serving suggestions: Excellent pair for roasted pork, beef burgers or stew, meatballs in tomato sauce, chicken tomato curry, turkey with cranberry, wild game, lamb gyros; goat cheese, camembert, feta; black lentil, red bean, roasted red pepper, mushroom, tomato, eggplant, leeks, spinach. Serve at 16-18°С, in Cabernet/Merlot or Bordeaux glass (tall stem, larger bowl, wide rim) or regular Red wine glass. Decant at least an hour before serving.

Storage: Cool and dark place, at temperature 12-15°С. 

Terroir: Dabovets vineyard

• Bio certified,
• Average altitude 360-390 metres,
• Hilly terrain with 10% slope,
• Red clay soils with high presence of iron oxides,
• South exposure of the vines,
• Mild winter and warm summer,
• Optimal sunshine and rainfall range,
• Great temperature amplitude.

Viticulture: Wine is made at the vineyard

• Plants of French origin,
• Average vine age of 15 years,
• Double vertical shoot positioning (VSP or double guyot),
• Around 4000 plants per hectare,
• Controlled yield,
• Twofold regulation of production - green pruning and veraison pruning.

Winemaking:

• Harvest by hand in the beginning of October.
• Cooling,
• Double sorting and press,
• Cold soak and decanting,
• Slow fermentation in stainless steel vats,
• Slow fermentation in barrels,
• Post-maceration,
• Malolactic fermentation,
• Ageing in French oak barrels for 12 months.