2023 Cramele Recas, Solara, Orange
Regular price £12.59 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 117): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Discover a wine that embodies the essence of nature's touch, meticulously balanced and structured, yet exuding a purity and freshness that is simply captivating.
Tasting Notes
Colour
Dark straw in colour with orange hints.
Nose
The nose is a delicate mélange of quince, poire william and a hint of vanilla.
Palate
A complex and structured wine, with elegant but discreet fruit flavours of stone fruits, backed up with a powerful tannin structure and long finish.

Production
Refreshing like a white wine, with the complexity of red wine. This orange wine is made by leaving the grape skins and seeds in contact with the pressed juice, creating a deep orange-hued finish. The wine ferments naturally without the addition of yeasts, sulphur or any other additions. The different varieties are then blended and before a natural cold stabilisation, and bottled unfiltered and unfined.
Producer
Back in 1988, three families decided to invest in a winery in Romania, starting with 650 hectares of slightly unloved vineyards and a rusty, once state-owned winery.
Yet Englishman Philip Cox and his Romanian wife Elvira, have turned the Cramele Recas Estate into the most successful winery in Romania. Recas are now recognised globally for their impressive scale and breadth of fascinating wines, including natural and orange wine from organic grapes. Despite the scale the emphasis is on making good wines that over-deliver, and as a result they’ve struck on a magic formula that has seen sales and demand boom. Vineyards are a combination of evolved plantings from 1447 and more recent planting, whilst the winery has seen significant investment and boasts state of the art facilities where innovation thrives. Recas are in every way a modern, dynamic winery, whose open minded approach and quality sets them apart … a winery you really can’t ignore.
Specifications
Year | 2023 |
Bottle Size | 750ml |
Cultivar |
Feteasca Alba 51% Sauvignon Blanc 19% Others 30% |
Country | Romania |
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Units of Alcohol per Bottle | 9 units |
Type | Orange Wine |
Features | Vegetarian, Vegan |
Cellaring Potential | Awaiting info |
Allergen Information | Contains sulphites |
Food Matches | Hard and semi hard cheese, tuna steak and chicken. |
Origin | Romania |
Appellation |
Romana |

2020 Ukraine Villa Tinta Odesa Black
Regular price £12.99 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 117): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Ukrainian Odesa Black - the wine that can be found only in the Black Sea region, is the most common for this variety!
Tasting Notes
The color is from red to dark red with a ruby tint. The wine reveals the aromas of spices, plum jam, red pepper, leather notes. The taste is complex, velvety, full and silky with pleasant tannins in the aftertaste.

History
Vine-growing and wine-making farm “Vynhol Oksamytne” was founded in 1998 in the village of Velvet of the Bolhrad district of the Odesa region on the territory where Count Davydov’s vineyard chateau was located 120 years ago.
For more than 15 years, our winery produced wines familiar to many consumers, bottled under the brands of other well-known brands. Since 2017, the company has decided to enter the Ukrainian market with its own brands.
This is how Villa Tinta® – a collection of dry ordinary wines from local and European grape varieties, Tintarella® – sparkling wines made using Sharma technology and Tinta® – semi-sweet blended wines appear. In 2018, our company, together with the winemakers of the Yalpug valley, participated in the creation of one of the first PDO Yalpug geographical indications in Ukraine for wines from the Odessa Black and Sukholimansky varieties and the PGI of the same name for wine from European grape varieties.
Terroir
Our wine is for the inquisitive, for seekers, for those who want to discover a new taste and aroma for themselves, feel the sunny warmth of the south and the unique wine-growing area of Lake Yalpug (located in Danube Bessarabia). Because all power is always in the search. We believe that the quality of the grapes largely determines the difference of the wine in the bottle. Working in the vineyards every day in the rhythm of the seasons: from pruning the vines to harvesting the grapes, we strive to reveal the full potential of the Yalpug Lake Valley terroir, combining the age-old winemaking traditions of our region and modern technologies, constantly improving the production process of our wines.
Today, our company owns its own 550 hectares of vineyards and has partnerships with many local winegrowers, processing grapes from more than 600 hectares of vineyards. Selecting the most adapted to the conditions of our microclimate, we gathered a large collection of European and local grape varieties, becoming one of the largest producers of grapes and wines from Muscat, Odesa Black and Cabernet Sauvignon in Ukraine.
A large number of sunny days, loamy soils, control of the load on the vine, manual harvesting of grapes, minimum delivery time “from the bush to the press” create a quality wine of guaranteed origin.
Specifications
Year | 2020 |
Bottle Size | 750ml |
Cultivar | 100% Saperavi |
Country | Ukraine |
Alcohol Content | 13% |
Units of Alcohol per bottle | 9.75 units |
Type | Red Wine |
Food Matches | Delicious with red meats |
Allergy Info | Contains sulphites and no other allergens |
Origin | Black Sea |
Appellation | Ukraine |




2022 Schieber Pincészet Trilógia Kadarka
Regular price £14.29 Save Liquid error (snippets/product-template line 117): Computation results in '-Infinity'%Kadarka is a very interesting grape. Most often used in Bikaver (Bulls Blood) blends, it can also produce distinctively vibrant, pale and juicy - even chillable - red wines such as this.
Tasting Notes
With a beautiful vibrant colour this wine has characteristic spicy notes on the nose along with crushed red berry fruit. Gentle handling of this dark skinned grape has resulted in a crisp and juicy pale red that is very quaffable .

Producer
The winery was established in 1978 as a family enterprise, under the name of Schieber Winery.
Vineyards are mainly located in two places – in the Baranya – valley and in the very famous Görögszó vineyard. Kadarka and Kékfrankos are mainly coming from the Baranya – valley , which is closed valley from the north. So it is very well protected from the cold northern winds. In the Baranya-valley they have ~40ha of vineyard and it has aspects for the east, west and south.
Schieber pay extra attention to producing excellent quality entry level wines, and use eco-friendly integral growing technology in the production system. The winery consists of 3 cellars with 3000 hectolitres of storage space, mainly quality red wine mellowed in wood barrels.
Production
Fermentation is in stainless steel tanks , using selected(cultured) yeast. The yeast used is a Terroir selected BIO yeast, which helps to elevate the characteristics of the terroir. Fermentation is controlled and takes about 2 weeks. With these varieties we have alcoholic and malolactic fermentations together, and this is what creates the super fruity and juicy notes in these wines! Around 10% goes to barrels so as not to overpower the varietal characteristics, but to add a bit of depth and complexity. The wine is filtered, while clarification is only done when it is necessary.
Specifications
Year |
2022 |
Bottle Size | 750ml |
Cultivar | 100% Kadarka |
Country | Hungary |
Alcohol content
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12.5% alc vol
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Units of Alcohol per Bottle | 9,37 units |
Type | Red Wine |
Cellaring Potential | Awaiting info |
Allergen Information | Contains Sulphites |
Dietary Information |
Vegetarian, Vegan
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Food Matches | Pairs well with roast duck, and game dishes or, stuffed mushrooms. |
Origin | Szekszárdi Borvidék |



