Castra Rubra Nimbus Premium Syrah | 0,75 l

Tasting Notes:
Intense purple color. The nose is fresh and juicy with lots of blackberries, plums, delicate earthy hints and pine resin. Medium-bodied, balanced, with sweet and juicy plums and blackberries and salty walnuts at the end of the palate. Excellent pairing with Bulgarian BBQ shashlik sausages Sudzuk and Nadenitsa, but also suitable for all outdoor barbecues.

Grape variety: 100% Syrah

Region:
The Thracian Plain is part of the large southern Bulgarian wine region. It is well protected from cold winds north of the Balkan Mountains and further from the south central part of the Rhodopes.

Climate and soil:
Temperate with over 3,000 hours of sunshine during the year and over 110 clear days. Hot, dry summers with warm nights. Soft and warm winters without spring frosts. Sandy-loamy and calcareous soils.

Harvest:
Careful selective hand harvest in crates followed by sorting of the grapes in the winery.

Vinification:
Manual sorting of whole bunches. Cold maceration at 8ºC in new 225 l French oak barrels. Spontaneous alcoholic fermentation, with long infusion after fermentation. Spontaneous malolactic fermentation in new French barrels. Aging and storage in barrels at controlled temperature and relative humidity.

Awards - Honors:
2013 Gold - Syrah du Monde
2013 Gold - Selections Mondiales Des Vins
2012 Silver - Decanter World Wine Awards
2012 Silver - San Francisco International Wine Competition
2012 Silver - International Wine Challenge Vienna
2011 Gold - International Wine Challenge Viennal
2011 Gold - Syrah du Monde