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Based near Parvomay and established in 1998 by Yordan Kostadinov, Zagreus takes its name from the ancient Greek figure Zagreus, known as “the great hunter”, believed to be a precursor to Dionysus, god of wine and festivity (BTA Photo/Boyan Botev)
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site.btaZagreus: White Wine Portfolio Grows with New Sauvignon Blanc Plantings
BTA will present dozens of Bulgarian wineries in the New BG WINE Leads the Way series ahead of the 9th UN Global Conference on Wine Tourism, which will be hosted in Plovdiv. The forum is organized by the Ministry of Tourism in partnership with the UN World Tourism Organization.
Zagreus Winery will broaden its portfolio of white wines by planting 8,5 hectares of Sauvignon Blanc in its own vineyards, Chief Technologist Tatyana Stefanova told BTA. The new white vines will replace existing plots of Cabernet Sauvignon. Currently, the estate already grows Dimyat and Rkatsiteli, which are in production, although since its founding Zagreus has primarily focused on red wines.
The winery owns a total of 130 hectares of vineyards, planted mainly with red varieties such as Mavrud, Syrah, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot. Since 2010, the vineyards have been certified as organic. “We do not use synthetic pesticides or herbicides, only copper sulphate and green vitriol,” Stefanova explained.
She added that the winery has been strongly committed to a philosophy of minimal intervention winemaking. “We rely on spontaneous fermentation, add only minimal amounts of sulphites, and use light filtration. Our goal is to avoid manipulations that would strip the wine of the natural character of the grapes,” Stefanova said.
Zagreus also experiments with small-batch ‘Hand Made’ series wines. “Over the past year we have invested in smaller fermentation vessels to allow for a greater number of experimental lots. We also ferment in traditional wooden vats, where everything is done by hand,” she noted.
Among the winery’s newer products is Pet-Nat, a naturally sparkling wine made by completing fermentation in the bottle.
Based near Parvomay and established in 1998 by Yordan Kostadinov, Zagreus takes its name from the ancient Greek figure Zagreus, known as “the great hunter”, believed to be a precursor to Dionysus, god of wine and festivity.
The hallmark of Zagreus is its work with Mavrud, from which it produces three varietal wines: a rosé, the Bely (White) Mavrud blanc de noir, and the estate’s flagship Vinitsa, crafted using a technique reminiscent of Italian Amarone. Other well-known labels include Santimenti, Hand Made, Tiara, and Noble. Zagreus is also the only winery in Bulgaria that produces grapeseed oil.
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