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Balkan Crest Cabernet Sauvignon 1996

Балкан Крест Каберне Совиньон 1996
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Producer:
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Vini Sliven
Country:
Bulgaria (България) 
Vintage:
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1996
Other vintages: 
2003 [100]
Variety:
Cabernet Sauvignon (Каберне Совиньон)
Added by demiro
31 Mar 2009

Winemaker's notes:
Aged wines are the wines we have built our reputation on. They are produced by combining classical technology and modern facilities, and innovations. They have preserved the warmth and wealth of Bulgarian land and the best of grape varietal flavour. These wines mature and age for a period of three years, the initial six months of which in small French and American oak barrels. The intense colour, specific fruit and vanilla flavours, elegant harmony, and balance form their remarkably high quality.

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How to drink it
Food: Duck, Hamburger, Lamb (Grilled, Broiled), Pasta with Tomato Sauce, Pates, Steak (Grilled, Broiled), Venison
Cheese: Brie, Camember, Danish Blu, Sharp Cheddar
Temperature: 16-18 °C
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Let's say a grape variety normally takes 120 days to ripen. In an especially hot year, it may ripen after only 110 days; in a cooler year, after 130 days. Viticulturists generally do want a long growing seasons. Long ripening allows components in the grape other that sugar - tannins, for example - ...
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09 Feb 2010