Soli Rouge Miroglio

A Bordeaux blend but not quite what you might expect - in a very good way. Plush, expressive and floral like their Pinots but with a fuller, fleshier experience overall. Red and blueberries sprinkled with black pepper and tied together by a slightly savoury grip, there's so much fun to be had here. This is all about freshness, vibrant fruit and delicious, classy ease.

Edoardo Miroglio, an Italian textile mogul with vineyards in Barolo first came to this area of Bulgaria to sell fabrics and he spotted the immense potential for wine production. After an extensive two-year search for the prime piece of land, they settled on a piece of land on the eastern side of the Thracian Valley, with the Saint Ilia hills shading the area from the freezing Baltic winds whilst a natural lake nearby regulates the temperature. Alberto Le Rosa, who was overseeing the vineyards at one of Barolo's most famous Barolo producers at the time tasted the maiden 2004 vintage and was amazed. This epiphany caused him to up sticks from his Barolo home to oversee the vineyards and he's been there ever since.

The vines are now 21 years old, and the quality of fruit just gets better and better. Everything at Miroglio is done to the best of their abilities with state-of-the-art equipment. This attention to detail also extends to the people involved with Miroglio bringing in the incredibly talented Alberto Le Rosa (ex-Luciano Sandrone Barolo viticulturist) and Bulgaria's top lady winemaker, Desislava Baicheva, who both only joined the team as they could see the excellent potential of the wines having tasted the earliest vintages. As the vines here age and the team gain more insight into the nuances of the Thracian Valley terroir, these wines go from strength to strength.