Odessos is one of the new wave of Bulgarian wineries, located in the city of Varna on the Black Sea coast, with a ground-breaking and very modern concept whose story began in 2016. After travelling around the world and gaining experience at some of the most prestigious wineries in Australia, New Zealand and Chile, the brothers Georgi and Vladislav Vankov came up with the idea of creating one of the first urban wineries in Bulgaria. Love for winemaking has been in their family for generations and the idea of creating Odessos was a natural continuation of this passion.

If they have learned anything from the endless hours of work in different wineries around the world, it was that the most valuable asset for a great wine is its terroir. This clarified the motto and philosophy of the winery – to pursue and present their own interpretation of the Northern Black Sea region, working with carefully selected vineyards of prime terroir around the seaside city.

Vinification

Venchan village, Provadia municipality, Varna region, PGU Danube Plain.

The soil is sandy-clay carbonates. The exposure is Southeast. Altitude 90 m.

The grapes are picked by hand in small boxes and transported to the winery.
The cooled grapes are manually sorted, crushed, and gently pressed at low pressure. The finest must is cold-settled and racked for alcoholic fermentation. The temperature of alcoholic fermentation is controlled at 11-15.

The wine is aged for 3 months on fine lees and 1 year in a bottle.

All wines are with low intervention. The appearance of a noble lees is possible.

Tasting Notes

Pale steel colour with a straw tint. Intense varietal nose of lime and beeswax with hint of petroleum. A very interesting light to medium bodied Riesling with excellent freshness – tight, lean and rich with notes of citrus peel, seeds, flint and beeswax.

Drink with Asian cuisine Thai, Chineese, Indian, fish, seafood and shellfish, fresh cheeses.