This is red counterpart to an 'orange' wine that is a hands down grape favourite and we are thrilled to have it! There is no better wine for Spring time then this juicy, totally quaffable red, we recommend chilling it slightly to really accentuate all of that bright, bouncy fruit and crisp juiciness. If you have never 'chilled' a red, then this is the perfect bottle to try it out....
Romania may not be the first place that you think of when it comes to winemaking … but to give you an idea of just how integral wine is to Romanian culture, the vineyards at Viile Timisului date back (incredibly) to 1447. This is the passion project of English winemaker Philip Cox and his Romanian wife Elvira, and this power couple have worked amazingly hard to ensure that their wines are some of the best in the country. Quality is the name of the game, and they work with a wide variety of grapes both indigenous and international to create their extraordinary portfolio.
This natural wine is chocca block packed full of bramble fruit notes with raspberry and blackberry dominating the aroma, smooth and juicy with complex notes of blueberry and moderate acidity and smooth tannins on the finish.
The Details:
Grape: Merlot, Pinot Noir
Country: Romania
Region: Ville Timisulu
Abv: 13%
Style: Soft, juicy, natural
The Producer:
The Cramele Recas Estate, owned by Englishman, Philip Cox and his Romanian wife Elvira, have put in a huge amount of work into transforming their slice of grape growing history into a contemporary winemaking haven.
The immaculate vineyards are a combination of evolved plantings from 1447 and much more recent plantings too. With recent investments into modernising and improving their winery, they regularly host world class flying winemakers, vintage to vintage, to work with their team. This enables them to create top quality wines and constantly challenge themselves push innovations and approach winemaking with an open mind.
Winemaking team, Hartley Smithers from Australia, and Nora Iriate from Spain, together veterans of over 50 harvests in all the world's wine producing regions, oversee the production of all the wines from grapes till bottle with a fanatical attention to detail. The philosophy is simple- to apply the absolute best production methods to every single wine, to enhance and preserve the natural quality of the grapes, and provide a consistently high quality product every year for every level of wine made.
