2013 Borovitza Winery, Le Cubiste White, Bulgaria

2013 Borovitza Winery, Le Cubiste White, Bulgaria

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Winemaker Dr Ognyan (Ogi) Tzvetanov lived through the ups and downs of the Bulgarian wine world, during and after the communist regime. He made it his mission to find and vinify small parcels of old vines. Made in tiny quantities, the wines age in old oak for as long as is needed to bring out their full character.  Although Ogi died in 2016, we continue to reap the rewards of his philosophy: wines of real class and character from an undervalued former vinous powerhouse.

This is a remarkably textured and full-bodied wine made from an intriguing blend of the Bulgarian "honeycomb" clone of Sauvignon Gris, Rkatsitelli, Sauvignon Blanc and Chardonnay, all grown on the Danubian plain. Lifted honey and quince aromatics lead to a lively palate with remarkable minerality.

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Borovitza Winery

Borovitza Winery

Winemaker Dr Ognyan (Ogi) Tzvetanov lived through the ups and downs of the Bulgarian wine world, during and after the communist regime. He founded Borovitza, reviving a small winery established in the 1960s in the northern Danubian region. He made it his mission to find and vinify small parcels of old vines that survived the purge on alcoholism and subsequent vine-pull that happened in the Gorbachev era.

Ogi’s sudden death in January 2016 caused great sadness among wine-lovers far beyond the borders of his own country – not least those who had worked with him at Berry Bros & Rudd.

The quantities made by Borovitza, from both French and indigenous varieties, are tiny. The wines age in old oak for as long as is needed to bring out their full character.  Such an approach would never have been practical before liberalisation, but we continue to reap the rewards of Ogi’s philosophy: wines of real class and character from an undervalued former vinous powerhouse.

The Borovitza Bordeaux blend aged for five years in Bulgarian and American oak (a proportion of new wood is used) will completely alter your perception of what Bulgaria is capable of as a wine-making region.

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Bulgaria

Bulgaria

Bulgaria has a history of winemaking that stretches back at least 3,000 years to the red wines of Thrace, as referred to by Homer and Pliny the Elder who states that the first European wine-maker was from Thrace.

Throughout the Roman and early Christian eras this area’s reputation for making wines was maintained but suffered a major setback when the country was overtaken by the Ottoman Turks in the 15th Century. The wine industry had started to revive prior to liberation in 1878 and received plaudits from French wine critics.

Dominated by indigenous grapes such as Mavrud, Melnik, Gamza, Damyat, Pamid and Red Miskit, the vineyards were devastated by phylloxera in the late 19th Century, and later re-planted with international varietals. This changed the character of the trade, a process accelerated under communist rule after World War II, when at one time Bulgaria was the second largest wine-producing country in the world. Since then, and thanks to the country’s liberalisation post-1990, a number of large wineries have been established based on the original monolithic state-controlled premises, but also a new breed of small-scale producers are making hand-crafted wines.

At the forefront of this resurgence is Borovitza, founded by Dr Ognyan Tzvetanov (“Ogi”), who revived a small winery from the 1960s in the northern Danubian region. He made it his mission to find and vinify small parcels of old vines that survived the purge on alcoholism and subsequent vine-pull that happened in the Gorbachev era.

The Borovitza winery produces wines from both French and indigenous varieties. The volumes are tiny and production unhurried: wines are left to age in old oak for as long as is required to bring out their full character. Such an approach would never have been practical before liberalisation, but is now changing perceptions of an undervalued former vinous powerhouse.

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Other Varieties

Other Varieties

There are over 200 different grape varieties used in modern wine making (from a total of over 1000). Most lesser known blends and varieties are traditional to specific parts of the world.

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