Tastes like: Bright Pear. Melon. Juicy Lemon. Elderflower. Sweet Grassiness. Lemongrass. Mineral. Fresh.

Chilled & Tannin is delighted to be the first UK wine shop to showcase the award-winning bottles from top Bulgarian winery, Midalidare, whose range just swept the board with top medals at this year's Champagne and Sparkling Wine World Championships!

This still white wine shows off the enormous potential of Sauvignon Blanc in the Thracian Lowlands, one of Bulgaria's two PGI recognised quality wine regions, located in the South of the country. 

The 100% estate-grown Sauvignon Blanc grapes come from two vineyards, Shipkata and Prisovete, and the wine is vinified in stainless steel with some batonage in the winery to add a little body and texture.

And the team at Midalidare know a thing or two about this famed international grape variety as they have their own vineyards in New Zealand and have already honed their expertise in getting the most out of it in the Southern Hemisphere.

This fresh and extremely pleasing example is bursting with mouthwatering fruit and a lovely grassy and exotic twang - delicious!

Bulgaria is hotly tipped to be a wine region to look out for in the coming years, offering immense bang for your buck - but it should come to no surprise that there are some incredible, top quality wines coming from Bulgarian producers as they have some rather fine pedigree as a winemaking nation on the world stage.

Wine has been produced in Bulgaria since antiquity with archaeological evidence suggesting the area was amongst the earliest wine regions in history. In the 1980s Bulgaria was one of the largest wine markets on the international stage and it's said that Winston Churchill was a huge fan of the red wines too, regularly stocking his cellars with barrels and bottles.

BULGARIA - 2024 - 13% - 75cl

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