Zagreus Winery Handmade Pamid

Just like the Thracian god of wine Zagreus was reborn for a new life, Kostadinov family have recovered and revived their hereditary lands and in 2004 laid the foundations of Zagreus Winery.

The roots of the Kostadinov family are from the village of Vinitsa, near the winery. In 1999, Yordan Kostadinov, together with his father Dimitar Kostadinov, began to rebuild and expand the family vineyards located in the “Old Vineyards” area, and then the idea of Zagreus Winery was born. Up to this date their son and grandson Dimitar Kostadinov Jr is the one who runs the company.

Zagreus Winery is a modern complex with a fully integrated cycle of production, beginning from the grapes and ending with the bottle of wine. It is equipped with the most contemporary production facilities with the ability to control and optimise all processes of fermentation, vinification, stabilisation, bottling and ageing of the wine.

The beginning of the vineyard was set in the autumn of 1998 and currently Zagreus has 120 hectares of own vineyards. The varieties cultivated are Mavrud, Cabernet Sauvignon, Syrah and Merlot. The vine massif is located in Upper Thracian Lowlands near Plovdiv, which is one of the most favourable wine regions in Bulgaria in terms of both climate and soil. The main colour of the soil is dark maroon red. In terms of climate the region belongs to the Transitional continental area. The temperature regime is characterised by open winter and hot summer. The average annual temperature of the air is 12,3°C. The duration of frost-free time averages 210 days. The average annual rainfall is 565 mm. The region belongs to the zone with the longest period of sunshine, which annual average is 2293 hours. Under these conditions in July, when the grapes ripen, they enjoy an average sunshine of 10 hours a day. Here Zagreus Winery meets the best conditions for gathering the grapes at full technological ripeness and receiving the perfect material for wine with high quality indicators.

Pamid,

100% Pamid from Zagreus's own 20yo vineyards. The vineyard is planted at 200m above sea level on the Northern side of the Rhodopi mountains on smolnik soils. The vines are low yielding, 800kg/dka and are un-irrigated.

Hand-picking and hand sorting of the grapes in the vineyard and when arriving at the winery. Pressing and a 4 day maceration at a cool temperature of 8-10 degrees. Spontaneous fermentation in open top oak fermenters. The wine stays on the lees for one month with daily batonnage. Bottled unfiltered and with no added sulphites.

A light, chillable red, made from local grape Pamid - known as 'Bulgarian Gamay'. Red fruits by the bucket load - cherry, strawberry, crunchy plums, very juicy and highly quaffable!

Great for roasted vegetables, mushroom dishes, duck or light cheeses.