Лозица (Lozitsa)
Styles
Principal grape varieties
Terroir
Natural factors
- Continental climate: hot summers, cold winters, annual rainfall ~600 mm, cumulative temperature sum over the growing season 3,850 °C.
- Soil types: moderately leached chernozems — ranging from non-eroded to severely eroded.
- Loess substrate: light calcareous soils overlying a thick loess deposit on the high plateau of the Danube.
- The soil and climate conditions result in grape sugar content above 21% and acidity of 7–9 g/l.
Product characteristics
- Appearance: ruby-red; nose with a hint of raisins — a result of calcareous chernozems over a loess deposit and a continental climate.
Terroir / wine link
- Calcareous chernozems over a loess deposit produce grapes with sugar content above 21% and acidity of 7–9 g/l, giving wines with an actual alcoholic strength of approximately 12.5–13% vol.
- The good air drainage of the Danube plateau under a continental climate (summer mean 23 °C, 600 mm annual rainfall) allows Cabernet Sauvignon to reach full ripeness.
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-A0360
- Official trade body site — НЛВК — Национална лозаро-винарска камара