WINERY UVA NESTUM

Chief agronomist: Atanas Bilarev

Winemakers:
Magdalena Bilareva
Dimka Medareva

The team of boutique winery Uva Nestum places extraordinary importance on the quality of wine production.

The whole process, starting from picking the grapes manually and ending with the wine maturity, evolves under a fully closed cycle of production in the winery itself and on the territory of the complex.

The favorable natural conditions of the region – climate and soils, the due care in cultivation, the control exercised in the process of yield, the investments in contemporary technology, the professional experience and the precision at every step of the production cycle are all prerequisites for the creation of unique, unforgettable and remarkable wines.

Being a part of the South – West Viticultural  Region, the lands belonging to the town of Gotze Delchev are extremely suitable for growing grapevines, especially for these, which produce grapes for making red wine. The average altitude above sea – level of the region is about 500 m. The average annual temperature is 12.2°C, and in July, the average temperature is 21 – 22°C. The 24 – hour temperature regime is relatively stable.

Extremely favourable is the fact that in the lands around Gotze Delchev, the brown and the cinnamon forest soils prevail. The brown forest soils are sandy – clay, which gives the opportunity to grow grapes of very good quality.

An additional advantage of the terroir is also the fact that the temperature sums are relatively high (over 3500° during the period of vegetation), as well as the fact, that the region around Gotze Delchev is one of the richest in water regions in Bulgaria.It lies completely in the Mesta River Valley. The winter here is milder and the danger for the vines to be damaged by the frost is smaller.

Discipline, hard work, reverence to earth and confidence in the quality.

To guarantee the quality of our grapes, we do all the viticulture work by hand, at the most appropriate time. We take daily control, with particular focus on pruning and attention to development of the fruit. Green harvesting twice in summer is an essential step to help manage yield and achieve the optimal crop yields and grape quality.

Different wine techniques are used for the different wines. For our high grade wines - Uva Nestum Rubin & Merlot and Uva Nestum Cabernet & Merlot - we implement cold maceration for 6-8 days, followed by alcoholic fermentation for about 7-10 days. With the exception of Uva Nestum Shirtó, all red wines mature in first-class French oak barrels for 6-14 months.

We are guided by the principle of minimum of technological interference in order to preserve to the highest possible extent the unique terroir character of the Mesta River Valley.