Midalidare Viognier 2022, 0.75 L
- Type: White wine
- Vintage: 2022
- Volume: 750 ml
- Closure type: Cork
- Maturation: 6-12 month
- Last bottle
Midalidare Viognier is estate grown and bottled oak fermented and oak aged Bulgarian white varietal wine Viognier with Protected Geographical Indication Thracian Lowlands.
Information
The story of our Viognier begins in 2012, with a program for examination of wines carried out jointly with French company for production of biological oenological materials. The first harvest consists of only two barrels with the same parameters and treatment, but in each one of them the fermentation is carried with different type of yeasts. The wine in the first barrel was with much more high intensity of aromas, whereas the wine in the second barrel was opposite – its structure and volume were extraordinary. That is how was shown that both types of yeasts complement each other very well and that was the beginning of Midalidare Viognier as a part of Limited series of Midalidare portfolio.
Maximum 4 barrels or approximately 900 bottles are produces per year. Midalidare Viognier is always fermented in new French oak barrels from the Troncais region, France. The wine is aged from 6 to 9 months in the same barrel where the fermentation takes place. Then the wines from the different barrels are blended in various proportions.
Basic information
Appellation and origin: White wine Viognier “Midalidare” from Bulgaria, PGI Thracian Lowlands, Mogilovo. Midalidare estate grown and bottled: Shipkata vineyard.
Grape variety: 100% Viognier from Shipkata.
Vintage: 2022.
Volume: 750 ml.
Closure: Natural cork.
Alcohol content: 14% vol.
Maturity: Mature; will benefit from further ageing. Keep 5 to 7 years.
Packaging: 6 bottles per case.
Tasting and serving
Tasting notes: Midalidare Viognier has bright golden colour. Attractive, intense on the nose with the seductive aromas of toast with butter, apricot blossom, candied lemon peels and walnut tone. Elegant, very fresh, medium-bodied wine with an excellent varietal attack of white flowers, honey acacia, citrus, and oaky vanilla. The finish is mineral, with prolong and refreshing aftertaste.
Serving suggestions: Midalidare Viognier is excellent pair for mild spicy noodle dishes like Pad Thai, chicken salads with apricot, peach or mango, fruity chicken and lamb, chicken, pork or rabbit with creamy sauces, rich shellfish dishes such as seared scallops, grilled lobster, and baked crab, especially with a hint of spice, creamy cheeses, sweet root vegetables especially carrots, parsnips and sweet potatoes and spicy butternut squash. Serve at 12-14C°, in Oaked Chardonnay glass (tall stem, wide bowl with slightly tapered top, wide rim) or regular White wine glass.
Storage: Cool and dark place, at temperature 14-18C°.
Terroir: Shipkata vineyard
- Average altitude 290-310 metres above sea level
- Hilly terrain with 6%-10% slope,
- Alluvial soils with presence of clay and slime, with a high content of carbonates,
- Northern air currents,
- Mild winter, hot summer,
- Optimal proportion of sunshine and rainfall,
- Big temperature amplitude.
Viticulture: The wine is made at the vineyard:
- Plants of French and Italian origin,
- Average age of the vines 9 years,
- South exposure,
- East-West row orientation,
- Single vertical shoot positioning (VSP or single guyot),
- Density 5000 plants per hectare; controlled yield at 9-10 ton/ha,
- Stimulated formation of leaf mass,
- Single regulation of production - green pruning,
- Controlled water balance.
Winemaking:
- Harvest by hand at the end of September,
- Cooling,
- Double sorting and press,
- Cold soak and decanting,
- Slow new French oak fermentation,
- Ageing for 8 months in the same oak barrels from Troncais region, France.
