Brush your scepticism to one side. This is sublime. Fruity and floral with
zesty notes of lime, white peach and acacia. The palate is surprisingly creamy
and soft with a lovely mineral finish. Too easy to drink as an aperitif, and
just delicious as an accompaniment to white meats and fish with herb sauces.

Bratanov family winery is the result of the hard work and dedication of a father
and his sons who embarked on a mission to restore the family wine tradition
after a break of 50 years. The winery’s own 24ha vineyards are located on the
sunny hills of South Sakar near the village of Shishmanovo, Harmanli region –
highly regarded as one of the best terroirs in Bulgaria, and contain the local
Bulgarian varieties Rubin, Mavrud and Tamyanka and the international Merlot,
Syrah, Cabernet Franc and Chardonnay. Their winery was established in 2010 where
they craft limited batches of wines with minimal intervention, controlling the
whole process from the grapes to the bottle. Cherishing their family traditions,
Bratanov named a few of their wines after their children – Syrah Elitsa,
Chardonnay Beloslava and Rosé Maria. A great asset at their team is the young
oenologist Maria Stoeva, who graduated oenology from the Institut de la vigne et
du vin “Jules Guyot” in Burgundy, France and came back to Bulgaria to practise
her lifelong passion to make terroir driven wines.