Trophies and Grand Trophy winners for the Balkans in 2016
Just landed from Sofia where I spent two days judging wines from the Balkans in the 5th edition of the Balkans International Wine Competition. This was an overall fascinating experience well organised and hosted by a great lady, Galina Todorova Niforou, BIWC's managing director.
During the two days of judging I had the chance to taste approximately 120 wines and I have to say I was really impressed by the freshness, the vivacity and the tension in the whites. Reds however did not show a similar restrained profile based on fruit purity and they were at a significant extent luxuriously treated with oak. I am quite concerned that still many producers favour overipeness and vanilla or toasty aromas over elegance and silkiness meaning that there is a lot of work in getting out the proper word.
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