Любимец (Liubimets)

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Hilly and low-mountain terrain in the southern Thracian Lowland — between the western slopes of Sakar and the Eastern Rodopi.
• Climate: tempered continental with a strong Mediterranean influence penetrating via the Maritsa river valley; mild winters and hot summers.
• Sunshine up to 2,100 hours per year; cumulative temperature sum for the period above 10 °C — approximately 3,850 °C; mean precipitation around 500 mm.
• Soils: leached cinnamon forest soils (medium to heavy sandy-clay texture) and leached chernozem smolnitsa soils (medium to heavy sandy-clay texture).
• The southward exposure intensifies solar radiation; the microclimate and soils favour deeply coloured, highly extracted red wines.

• Authorised varieties for red wines include local varieties: Pamid, Mavrud, Evmolpiya, Trakiyska Slava, Rubin, Shiroka Melnishka Loza, Ranna Melnishka Loza, Melnishki Rubin.
• Pruning is mixed and short, with a load of up to 54 buds per vine; permitted training systems are Ombrela, Moser, Guyot, and mid-trunk double-arm cordon.

• The white wines show fruity aromas, a full palate, and elegant freshness; the rosé displays wild strawberry and cherry, with acidity of 4.5–6 g/l.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• National product specification (PDF) — iavv
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-BG-A1177
• Official trade body site — НЛВК — Национална лозаро-винарска камара