Domaine Bessa Valley, Enira, Pazardjik

Medium ruby with reflections of red. A quiet and not particularly distinct nose hints at dried red and black fruits, tinned meat, grilled herbs and earth. On the palate this is medium bodied and juicy in texture, offering a bit more substance, with bright acids and supple tannins supporting simple but pleasing black fruit, graphite and earth flavors. This isn't fascinating, but it drinks better than many Bordeaux AOP wines at this price point.

2018 vintage

Dense and opaque colour. On the extroverted nose stewed blue and black fruits, prunes, milk chocolate and mint leafs. The palate is silky with smoothed out tannins, full-bodied, intense attack with sweet cassis, beautifully rounded mid-palate and hints of bitter almonds towards the finish. Great stuff!

2008 vintage

Deeply rich-colored, with abundant aromas of mixed berries, cassis, currants, chocolate, and sweet mint. Intense, expressive, and well rounded. Long, deep, and balanced flavors, melted tannins, and a structured frame. The espresso and sweet plum finish lingers. A lot of juice for the price.

2008 vintage

delicious. ripe blue fruit, graphite, and menthol on the nose. whiff of chocolate matching palate with sweet bacon, maple, and rich cassis. chalky minerality. raisin. full body, dusty tannins but still a little grip. the wine is ripe with a hint of sweetness, but the acidity keeps it from being flabby. rich full bodied red at a great price. thumbs up!

2008 vintage

Decanted two hours before drink. Deep purple in color. Lovely nose with blackfruits and vanilla. Starts like Enira Reserva 08 with direct and massive sweet, currants and vanilla. It shows more complexity and greater balance afterwards with sweet plum, blueberry, jam and coffee. Smooth and balance. Wonderful!

2008 vintage

Never lets me down Great price / wine.

2008 vintage

Terrific quality fruit intensity shows low yield and careful grape selections, equal proportion of Merlot, Syrah, Cabernet & Petit Verdot 25% each, but it needs at least an hour to open up, it then reward you with a balanced and seamless integration of cassis, fresh strawberries, fruitcakes, toasty elements and baked spices, mint, ripe plums that has an impressive follow through of dried prunes and dark cherries. It's downright unfined and unfiltered, sediments may occurred in bottle so decanting is …

2008 vintage

Last bottle. Drinks great now. Lots of black berries, tannins are nicely integrated and some sweets are also in there. Comparable to a modern style right bank BDX, but with a very nice price. Had it with steak - fits perfectly. Without food the alcohol slightly appears in the aftertaste so I recommend to combine it with red meat - preferably beef. I don't know how long this will last, maybe it's not made for too many years, but it's …

2008 vintage

Very dark in colour. Ripe red fruit, spicy, mint, licorice, wood. Quite big & powerful on the palate, very sweet fruit, great acidity and gentle tannins. The finish is pretty long. A little heavy maybe, slightly hot. After a short time in the decanter this is drinking beautifully and the QPR is (still) great.

2008 vintage

Fruits noir et rouges, boisé, charpenté mais malgré tout une certaine fraîcheur

2008 vintage

Strong nose and palate of blackcurrant pastilles. Some ash/oak on the finish. I would guess Chile if served blind. Lacks freshness. Some minerality starts to come through a few days after opening, but the rest of the wine is falling apart by then. Hard work.

2008 vintage

Needs decanting. Intense spiciness smooth out to earthiness with a touch of minerality at the finish. I would expect this wine to age well.

2008 vintage

Consistent with previous notes.

2008 vintage

A modern Merlot blend from Bulgaria, sweet plum and blueberry fruit, rather gentle acidity, sweet tannins and some spicy and vanilla flavored oak. Alcohol seems integrated despite 14.5%. Quite full-bodied and should even age well for some years. Great value. Good BBQ wine. - 89 points

2007 vintage

Hafif opak,derin yakut renkte.Kenarlarında kiremitsi ince rim var.Olgunluk belirten hafif tatlımsı ön burnunda kasis,erik,böğürtlen,baharat,mint aromalarına,fıçıya ait is,vanilya aromaları ile birlikte topraksılık eşlik ediyor.Arkada meyveli kek,deri gibi animal notalarına eklenen ve hafifçe hissedilen uçar asit ayrıca nüans katıyor.Zamanla tütün de çıkıyor.Orta üstü gövdeli, oldukça yumuşak dokuda,konsantrasyonu ve ona eşlik eden belirgin asidi ile sağlam yapılı,akıcılığı var.Fıçı entegrasyonu başarılı.Damakta olgun meyve ve hafifçe topraksı izler bırakıyor.Tanenleri belirgin ama entegre.Orta uzunluktaki dengeli bitimi,hafif sıcak bir bitim.

2008 vintage

Hafif opak,derin yakut renkte.Kenarlarında kiremitsi ince rim var.Olgunluk belirten hafif tatlımsı ön burnunda kasis,erik,böğürtlen,baharat,mint aromalarına,fıçıya ait is,vanilya aromaları ile birlikte topraksılık eşlik ediyor.Arkada meyveli kek,deri gibi animal notalarına eklenen ve hafifçe hissedilen uçar asit ayrıca nüans katıyor.Zamanla tütün de çıkıyor.Orta üstü gövdeli, oldukça yumuşak dokuda,konsantrasyonu ve ona eşlik eden belirgin asidi ile sağlam yapılı,akıcılığı var.Fıçı entegrasyonu başarılı.Damakta olgun meyve ve hafifçe topraksı izler bırakıyor.Tanenleri belirgin ama entegre.Orta uzunluktaki dengeli bitimi,hafif sıcak bir bitim.

2008 vintage

Very expressive nose, very ripe fruit, plums, cherries, maybe a little jammy. Spices, wood. Tannins very gentle and sweet, very balanced, great mouthfeel, medium length, again very ripe fruit, a bit heavy. Not overly complex, but excellent value, great with food.

2008 vintage

Always a good value easy quaffer

2008 vintage

Lots of fruit, some oak, medium body and finish. Not overly complex but drinks very well. A great everyday wine especially when combined with red meat.

2008 vintage

Herrlicher Bulgare. Kräftiges, leuchtendes dunkellila. Intensive Cassis und Schwarzkisch-Noten, herbe Würe, Lorbeer, Wacholder, holztöne, vollmundig am Gaumen, Reife Tannine, es fehlt etwas an Tiefe und Komplxität. Seidig, mundfüllend, langer Nachhall. Sehr gelungen.

2007 vintage

Aromas intensos, Estruturado, encorpado Bom p/ compartilhar, pesado p/ omar sozinho.

2007 vintage

Tasty but pretty heavy. lacing subtly and finesse but nice fruit and oak flavours quite new worldy

2007 vintage

Lufthansa serverede denne vin. Normalt syntes jeg vin serveret ombord er intetsigende men her en behagelig overraskelse. Jeg skal have købt et par stykker og finde ud af om 10 km højde har indflydelse på mine smagsløg ;o) Den kan erhverves i DK for 90 DKK. Jeg fik flere glas af denne vin da jeg var meget overrasket over vinen. Farven er mørkerød, duften er ikke så markant dog med toner af mørke bær og vanille. Smagen er blød, lækker, …

2008 vintage

Had it for the first time on a Lufthansa long-haul flight and was pretty impressed. Notes based on when I had it a second time a couple of month later. Red berries, wood, spices, smoke. Tannins quite present but well integrated and sweet, fresh acidity, excellent balance and a long finish. Benefits from decanting and will get better with bottle age. Brilliant QPR.

2008 vintage

(Merlot 75%, Syrah 10% and Cabernet Sauvignon 15%) On first opening, this appearred a bit pedestrian (although powerful enough). Half the bottle was stoppered and then reopened 24 hours later. Much better! Damp, mushroomy sois-bois smells and big jammy fruit. A bit porty. Some baked figs. Smoke. Palate deep and round. Opulent. Swish it well all round your mouth. Animally notes. Deep deep fruit. Gorgeous mid-palate full of complexity. Bracing tannins and oak with a clean long acidic finish. This …

2007 vintage

Garnet with a focused developing nose of black fruit, herbs, chocolate and a lot of oak. Hints of leather. Fat and fresh with a velvety texture and solid tannins. Except the fact that the wine at this moment shows a heavily oaked character it is a excellent Bordeaux blend. Just needs time to integrate.

2008 vintage

Nice depth and balance of fruit and oak Drinking well now with potential to age further

2007 vintage

Excellent wine, exactly the same flavour profile as a Bordeaux cabernet-dominant blend aged for 10 years. Alcohol (14.5%) is not evident, tannins feel fully mature and resolved. Would take this over almost any Bordeaux at this price range (7.50 pounds).

2007 vintage

Bdx style but a lot softer on the palate. A nice style and quadratic, no problem with heat and the fruit is tasty. Not complex but a good value <£7 and an interesting alternative to NW cabs.

2007 vintage

A wine made with great cunning and market knowledge, my wife liked it.

2007 vintage

Lots of oak here, but it is rather elegant and adds spicy flavors. There is nice sweet cassis&plum fruit in the back, some licorice, fine tannins, velvety texture and good balance despite the high alcohol. If the oak integrates with time, this could become really good. Right now, I find it somewhat oaky and a bit hard to drink. Good quality for 10 Euros though. - (88+ points)

2007 vintage

A red garnet color wine. A youthful and developing nose with medium intensity and aromas of blackcurrant, cranberry, cloves, anise and cassis. In the mouth this medium bodied wine is round and balanced, offers a pleasant mouth feel, with sweet ripe tannins,good intensity and a medium finish with intoxicating but pure cassis fruit. The 14.5% alcohol is very well balanced by the thick texture. The finish reminds of a good Chilean Cabernet. 86-87 points

2007 vintage

drank very cold but one of the best Bulgarian I had

2007 vintage

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