Odessos, Claret Cabernet Franc Vetrino, Black Sea Coast, Bulgaria

Who - Georgi & Vladi Vankov, Odessos Urban Winey Where - Vetrino, Varna, Black Sea Coast, Bulgaria What - Red Wine - Cabernet Franc When - 2024 How - Organic Practices, Crushed and cold soaked in small open top fermenters before pressing and spontaneous fermentation occurs, after 14 days transferred to Bulgarian barrels where malolactic fermentation occurs, aged for three months on the lees then a further three months in stainless steel, Vegan Odessos is a young project from brothers, Georgi and Vladislav Vankov who are part of the new wave of Bulgarian winemakers. The pair have travelled extensively and gained invaluable experience and inspiration at some of the most prestigious wineries in Australia, New Zealand and Chile in order to start their own project back home where they pursue and present their own interpretation of the Northern Black Sea region. Their urban winery is found in the coastal city of Varna where they make their wines with minimal intervention with grapes from carefully selected sites in surrounding villages.