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Spaceman Melnik 55 & Old vine broaded leaved Melnik 2018
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Wine Hippies
The people behind the Wine Hippies project are those of Dimitar Nikolov and Atanas Balev. Both are known in the Bulgarian winery and enjoy an enviable experience with years of experience in this field. Dimitar Nikolov is a professional sommelier and together with his wife Donka manager and project Apollowine, where he first created his own series of wines in 2017 (blend with Shiroka Melnishka Loza, vintage 2017, announced in Villa Melnik and Chardonnay Barrel fermented 2015 together with winery Zelenas, which he consults). Atanas Balev is a restaurateur who created a real sensation in the last four years as manager of the Cosmos restaurant in Sofia. Here he successfully experimented with his own series of wines, exclusively for Cosmos restaurant, which can still be found in the wine list. What the two have in common is the belief that some Bulgarian wineries are doing extremely well with some of their varieties, because they have the most suitable terroirs for them. So they decided to make a selection of individual terroirs, which are emblematic of certain cellars and varieties that correspond to the idea of a presentation of unusual wines. And so through the Wine Hippies project, Dimitar and Atanas tell the story of themselves as rebels and non-standard wine thinkers.
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Struma Valley
The Struma Valley region covers the Southwestern part of Bulgaria and the Bulgarian part of Macedonia. The climate of the region is specific and is highly influenced by the warm currents from the Mediterranean Sea. The main grape varieties here are the local endemic Shiroka Melnishka vine, Melnik 55 (cross between Shiroka Melnishka vine and the French variety Valdigie), but also the international varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, Syrah and others. Due to the dryer climate and the higher temperatures, the wines develop warm southern tones in the aroma, with nuances of ripe fruit and a densely rich body. Of particular interest are the wines from Shiroka Melnik vine, partly due to the fact that the variety is difficult to grow because it ripens in late autumn. Today, the region is the most dynamically developing in Bulgaria, with many new, small, family owned wineries, increasingly focused on the quality and terroir expression of the wines they produce.
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