{"title":"Bulgaria","description":null,"products":[{"product_id":"pet-nat-funky-mavrud-2024","title":"PET NAT FUNKY MAVRUD 2024","description":"\u003cp\u003ePale salmon-pink, gently hazy, with a delicate fizz that rises slowly.\u003cbr\u003eRaspberry, wild strawberry, cranberry, a hint of herbs and chalky mineral.\u003cbr\u003eFresh. Crunchy. Alive.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eTHE STORY\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eMavrud is Bulgaria's most important red grape — tannic, deeply coloured, with a history stretching back to the ancient Thracians. It is grown almost exclusively in the area around Plovdiv, and for most of the 20th century it was processed industrially, buried in co-operative blends. Georgiev\/Milkov were the first producers to make a pét-nat from it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe idea was simple: press the red grapes immediately, keep the juice white, and bottle before fermentation finishes. The result is a wine that carries the aromatic signature of Mavrud — wild red berries, herbs, mineral grip — without any of the tannin or weight. Blanc de noir from a grape nobody outside Bulgaria has heard of. 40-year-old vines on cinnamon-forest soils in Novi Izvor, hand-picked in crates, zero sulphites added at any stage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINEMAKING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand-picked in crates from 40-year-old vines on cinnamon-forest soils, Novi Izvor, Plovdiv. Grapes pressed immediately with no skin contact to preserve the pale colour. Spontaneous fermentation. Bottled at the last stage of fermentation — fermentation finishes in the bottle. Disgorged at end of January 2025. No added sulphites. Unfiltered. 11.5% alcohol. 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Wait What? is the question Georgiev\/Milkov asked themselves when they first tasted what 35 days of skin contact could do to it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe vines grow on limestone in Karabunar, over 40 years old. The wine spends 35 days total on the skins, ferments spontaneously, and ages for 12 months in oak and acacia barrels. No sulphites added at any stage, not at harvest, not at bottling. What you get is Dimyat at its most complex: not just a white wine with colour, but something with the structural grip of a red and the aromatic intensity of a winemaker who knows exactly what they're doing.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINEMAKING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand-picked in crates from 40-year-old vines on limestone, Karabunar, Plovdiv. Maceration with skins for 5–7 days initially, spontaneous alcoholic fermentation, then total skin contact of 35 days. 12 months ageing in oak and acacia barrels. No sulphites added at any stage. 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It has the structure of one and the floral elegance of the other, which is what makes it so interesting for rosé. Pink Side is the lighter side of Rubin: 100% free-run juice, no skin contact, entirely spontaneous fermentation and ageing in 500-litre acacia barrels.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe vines are over 50 years old, growing on brown forest soils in Brestovitsa near Plovdiv. This is the 2025 vintage — bottled in spring 2025, the freshest expression of the grape. Georgiev\/Milkov harvest in small crates, sort by hand, and let the acacia do the rest. The result is a rosé with genuine depth: not just pink and pretty, but textured, fragrant, and built to last in the glass.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eWINEMAKING\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003eHand-picked in crates from 50-year-old vines on brown forest soils, Brestovitsa, Plovdiv. 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