White flowers, dandelion, lemon, pepper.
Lush, creamy mouthfeel. I suspect full malolactic, no lees or oak. There's a whiff of Christmas in here...perhaps potpourri. Cinnamon. The nose is all subtlety, and the pallatte is a blanket of lemon, pear, underripe peach. If there were more acid it would be harsh. I paired with cheese pizza and was surprised that it seems disrespectful. — 5 years ago
What a wine! Extraordinary deep purple color, great smell on plums and dark fruit, full-bodied, complex multi-layered taste, rather oaky (barrique) and wild, rough tannins, medium plus aftertaste. Powerful, rustical, wild. I like it! But it should be consumed with a rich meal. — 6 years ago
Powerful but smooth at the same time, a little acidic on tounge but rich in taste on palate, besides berry fruit I can taste some vanilla, aftertaste lasts for about half a minute. Requires some food if you ask me. — 7 years ago
Yummy and perfect amount of sweetness. — 7 years ago
Excellent for the price. Great with pork medallions madeira -- a mouthful of flavor — 8 years ago
Notes producer: Recognizable yellow-greenish, with complex and seductive aroma of exotic fruits, apple and peach, woven with tones of acacia flower. Long-lasting and tenable taste, glycerol-mild, with fruity and spicy nuances. — 8 years ago
Easy drinking wine. — 4 years ago
Wow! 😍 Jammy bomb of plums and blackberries!
Big, rich, complex, full bodied and perfect! Love it! 🖤 — 5 years ago
Despite being 5 years old, there was very little color loss around the edges.
Aroma: Lots of black currant, plum, cooked fruit, black cherry skin, with a hint of anise on the finish.
Taste: Black Cherry skin, plum, cooked fruit, blackberry skin with a slight herbaceous finish. Med+ acid. Quite a bargain. — 5 years ago
LONGING FOR THE SOUTH
Yesterday I drank this very nice Macedonian semi-dry T'ga za Jug red wine.
The wine is made of the native grape variety Vranec. It has an intense red color, and the distinctive taste of raisins and raspberries, which make it a nice sweet treat (hence: semi-dry).
The wine is named after the poem ‘Taga za Yug’ of the Bulgarian poet Konstantin Miladinov (1830–1862), one of the Miladinov brothers, who originate from Ottoman Macedonia. Both brothers are thought to have laid the foundation of the Macedonian literary tradition.
‘Taga za Yug’ means ‘longing for the South’ (el anhelo por el Sur): "If I had an eagle's wings, I would rise and fly on them to our shores, to our own parts [...] Here are frost and snow and ashes, blizzards and harsh winds abound [...] There the sunrise warms the soul".
When it is cold outside, and fiercely raining, I can assure you that it makes you long for the sun that warms the soul. Drinking the T'ga za Jug wine in good company and nice surroundings makes for a wonderful or sometimes even better alternative.
— 7 years ago
Really enjoyable and smooth. A bit on the mineral side. — 7 years ago
(17/20) Насыщенный аромат вишнёвого джема, пионов, песочного печенья, гвоздики, кедра. Хорошо сбалансированная структура: относительно высокая кислотность и зрелые бархатистые таннины. Отличная концентрация во вкусе. Яркое вино! #prowein2016 #mundusvini2016 — 8 years ago
Неплохое вино. Немного простенькое, но вполне пригодное для посидеть с семьёй. — 4 years ago
First Macedonian. Doesn't need the gold flakes because it's quality stuff — 5 years ago
Minerality is forward in this wine. Crushed gravel, wet slate. Lemon rind, grapefruit. Light bodied and crisp. — 6 years ago
Cherries and baking spices. 🍒 Super inky — not for someone who minds stained teeth! 🙊 — 7 years ago
Really delicious and smoother than many Rosé wines I have had. Nice fruit notes of ripe berries, but well balanced and not overly sweet at all. — 7 years ago
Deep, full aromas and flavours of ripe black fruit and black olive. Wonderful freshness and a good backbone of acid to balance the body and booze. Very good stuff. — 8 years ago
Sweet & yummy — 8 years ago
Patrick
Good clean fun — 4 years ago