This is what good wine from the Melnik grape tastes like

The red Melnik grape produces expressive, deep-red wines. Ripe red fruit dominates the warm flavor of Melnik, along with spices like cocoa, coffee, and caramel. Melnik wines have high extract, lively acidity, and tannin. The juice can easily handle oak aging, and Melnik wines generally age well.

Check out our wines made from Melnik grapes

Melnik is a quality grape with great potential for producing quality wines. It grows exclusively in the Struma River Valley in southwestern Bulgaria, on the border with Greece. It is named after the Bulgarian town of the same name in this ancient wine region. The official name of the grape is Shiroka Melnishka, or Broad Leaved Melnik in English, but bottles usually simply call it Melnik. Melnik is usually made dry, but some Bulgarian winemakers make sweet wines from it, either fortified or not.

It's a bit confusing, but there's also a Melnik 55 (also known as Melnik 82). This also grows exclusively in this region, but it's the result of crossing the "regular" Melnik with pollen from several other grapes.

We currently have two wines made from the Melnik grape in our range. You can view our Melnik wines here.