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- Type: Sparkling wine
- Vintage: Non vintage
- Volume: 1500 ml
- Closure type: Cork
- Ageing on the lees: Най-малко 76 месеца
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Midalidare Limited Anniversary Brut NV is estate grown and bottled 10th anniversary Jubilee Bulgarian sparkling wine, sweetness scale Brut, traditional sparkling winemaking with bottle fermentation and 76 months ageing on the lees, Chardonnay (Blanc de Blancs) from Thracian Lowlands.
Information
Following the principles and practices built over the centuries in already recognized wine regions, the Midalidare Sparkling project was launched: a sparkling wine produced according to the traditional sparkling winemaking with bottle fermentation, at least 18 months ageing on the lees and made with exceptional attention to detail. From 2010, after a profound terroir analysis and assessment, the first vines of Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Meunier were gradually planted on the Prisovete and Dabovets vineyards.
Midalidare Limited Anniversary Brut NV is a Midalidare Sparkling 10th anniversary jubilee wine. It is produced of Chardonnay and is aged on the lees for 76 months.
Basic information
Appellation and origin: Sparkling wine from Bulgaria, Chardonnay Brut “Midalidare Sparkling” traditional sparkling winemaking Blanc de Blancs, Thracian Lowlands, Mogilovo. Midalidare estate grown and bottled: vineyards Prisovete and Dabovets (Bio certified).
Grape variety: 100% Chardonnay, blended grapes grown on Prisovete and Dabovets.
Vintage: Non-vintage.
Volume: 1500 ml.
Closure: Natural cork.
Alcohol content: 12.5 % vol.
Style: Blanc de Blancs.
Sweetness Scale: Brut .
Residual sugar: 5.5 g/l.
Maturation: At least 76 months on the lees.
Maturity: Mature; could benefit from further ageing. Keep 10 years and more.
Packaging: Each bottle is individually packaged in a stylish cardboard box, 4 bohes per case.
Tasting and serving
Tasting notes: Shiny, golden-yellow color with a green reflection. The mousse is rich, ample, and prolonged. A complex aroma with notes of toast, citrus and a grassy tone. Fresh, elegant and juicy in the mouth, with good structure and a long finish.
Serving suggestions: Excellent aperitif. Great match for fried food, crustacean, oily fish, white meat, pasta, hard cheese, and desserts. Pair with beer-battered cod and onion rings; smoked salmon and potato galette; biscuit-topped chicken potpie; Tandoori kebabs. Serve at 6-10°С, in Tulip wine glass.
Storage: Cool and dark place, at temperature 12-5°С.
Terroir: Prisovete & Dabovets vineyard
- Organic certified vineyard (Dabovets),
- Altitude 300-400 metres above sea level,
- Hilly terrain with 10% slope,
- Alluvial soils with presence of clay and slime, with a high content of carbonates (Prisovete),
- Clayey soils with high presence of limestone (Dabovets),
- Limited sunlight exposure,
- Northern air currents from the wide valleys,
- Mild winter, hot summer,
- Optimal proportion of sunshine and rainfall,
- Big temperature amplitude.
Viticulture: Wine is made at the vineyard
- Plants of French and Italian origin,
- Average age of vines 8 years,
- Northern exposure,
- East-West row orientation,
- Single vertical shoot positioning (VSP or single guyot),
- Density of vines 5000 per ha,
- Controlled yield 9-10 tons per ha,
- Single regulation of production - green pruning,
- Controlled water balance.
Winemaking: Traditional sparkling winemaking
- Harvest by hand in August,
- Cooling,
- Whole-cluster pressing,
- Separating the fractions,
- Stainless steel fermentation,
- Secondary bottle fermentation,
- Maturation (on the lees),
- Remuage (riddling),
- Degorgement (disgorgement),
- Dosage,
- Poignettage (shaking) and mirage (inspection),
- Bottle ageing.
