Midalidare Premier Extra Brut NV, 0.75 L

Following the principles and practices built over the centuries in already recognized wine regions the Midalidare Sparkling project was launched: a sparkling wines produced according to the traditional method of sparkling winemaking with bottle fermentation, ageing on the lees and made with exceptional attention to detail.

Sparkling wines Midalidare Premier are produced only in years when the predominant vintage is of exceptional quality, solely in sweetness scale Extra Brut or Pas Dose (Brut Nature) and are aged on the lees for at least 36 months. The first wine – Midalidare Premier Extra Brut NV, is presented on the market in December 2021.

Appellation and origin: Sparkling wine from Bulgaria, Chardonnay Extra Brut “Midalidare Premier” traditional sparkling winemaking Blanc de Blancs, PGI 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.

Style: Blanc de Blancs.

Sweetness Scale: Extra Brut.

Residual sugar: 2.2 g/l.

Volume: 750 ml.

Closure: Cork.

Alcohol content: 12.5 % vol.

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 notes: Shiny, golden-yellow colour. The mousse is rich, ample, and prolonged. An intensive, ripe, and precise nose of toast and green apple is followed by nicely balanced, fresh, and mineral palate. Midalidare Premier Extra Brut NV is full-bodied and elegant wine with good structure, excellent balance, long finish, and great potential.

Serving suggestions: Midalidare Sparkling Blue Extra Brut NV is excellent as an aperitif. Great match for fried food, crustacean, oily fish, white meat, pasta, hard cheese, and desserts. Pair with smoked salmon and crispy potato chips, pasta or pizza with cheese, creamy shrimps, or oysters. Serve at 7-9°С, in Tulip wine glass.

Storage: Cool and dark place, at temperature 5-8°С.

Terroir: Prisovete & Dabovets vineyard

• Organic certified vineyard (Dabovets),
• Altitude 350-390 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 10 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 (ridding),
• Degorgement (disgorgement),
• Dosage,
• Poignettage (shaking) and mirage (inspection),
• Bottle ageing.