T'ga za Jug
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This one is semi-dry, so there is a real touch of sweetness in it. That goes first because it matters. Overripe sour cherry and raspberry, a little raisin, generous and soft, with a long finish that leans toward molasses and treacle. If you find most reds too sharp, this is the one.
An easy, comforting pour for the end of the evening, when the plates are cleared and nobody wants to move.
The sweetness is not added. The fruit is picked late and grown between 350 and 550 metres, and altitude plus a late harvest is what concentrates the sugar. It ferments in concrete and then spends a year in wooden barrels. It is by a long way the biggest wine the winery makes.
Few wines are named after a poem. This one is. T'ga za Jug means longing for the south, after Konstantin Miladinov, and the wine was created in 1973 for the Struga Poetry Evenings.
Also in our cases
T'ga za Jug is in The Introduction, £112, The Reds, £125, and The Table, £159.
Intense ruby. Overripe sour cherry, raspberry and raisin. Semi-dry, with medium acidity and a full body. The late harvest concentrates the fruit toward molasses and treacle. Long finish.
Grilled food. Game. Full-fat cheeses. Fruit-based desserts. Or on its own at the end of the evening.