WAIT WHAT? DIMYAT ORANGE 2024

Name: WAIT WHAT? DIMYAT ORANGE 2024
Brand: Georgiev&Milkov
SKU: SW-BG-GEMI-WWDI-24
Price: 23.00 EUR
Availability: InStock

Bulgaria , Thracian Valley, Plovdiv

Deep amber, hazy and warm, like autumn light through honey. Dried apricot, quince paste, orange rind, beeswax, a grip of tannin. Textured. Fragrant. Surprisingly structured.

Wine Type: Orange

Size: 750ml

Grapes: Dimyat

Drinking Window: Drink now – 2028

Vintage: 2024

Alcohol: 11.5%

Food Pairings: Aged cheese · Roasted chicken · Middle Eastern mezze · Charcuterie

Nutrients: Per 100ml: energy 329 kJ / 79 kcal · carbohydrates 0.06 g, of which sugars 0.06 g · contains small amounts of fat, saturated fat, protein and salt · no sulphites added.

€23

Dimyat is one of Bulgaria's oldest white grapes — grown in the Thracian Valley for centuries, producing wines with natural freshness and a waxy, distinctive character. It is rarely taken seriously. Wait What? is the question Georgiev/Milkov asked themselves when they first tasted what 35 days of skin contact could do to it.

The 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.

Hand-picked in crates from 40-year-old vines on limestone, Karabunar, Plovdiv. Maceration with skins for 5–7 days, spontaneous alcoholic fermentation, total skin contact of 35 days. 12 months ageing in oak and acacia barrels. No sulphites added at any stage. Unfiltered.

Serve at 12–14°C. Give it 10 minutes out of the fridge before opening. A 15-minute decant is worth it — the wine opens up considerably and shows more of its amber complexity.