Romanian red blend from Cramele Recas featuring shiraz and ripe fruit with velvety tannins.
Wildflower
£10.99
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About This Wine
The Wine
Cramele Recas was established in 1988 by three families who transformed neglected vineyards into a modern winery. Today, under Philip Cox and his wife Elvira, it produces a wide range of wines including natural and organic styles. Wildflower is crafted mainly from Shiraz grapes with a careful vineyard yield control to concentrate flavours. The winemaking is straightforward to preserve the grape’s intrinsic fruitiness and approachability. This results in a balanced wine with fresh acidity, medium body, and silky tannins, finishing elegantly.
- Producer
- Cramele Recas
- Country
- Romanian Wine
- Grape
- Alicante Bouschet, Cabernet Franc, Merlot, Shiraz
- Style
- Medium to Full Bodied, Warm and Spicy
- Aging Potential
- Drink within 3 to 5 years
Tasting Notes
On the Nose
The wine offers intense aromas of sour cherries, blueberries, blackcurrants and floral notes of violets.
On the Palate
Fresh acidity supports medium-bodied flavours with supple tannins and a velvety mouthfeel, balanced with integrated alcohol.
Finish
It finishes long and elegant with a good balance of richness and restrained tannins.
- Body
-
Light Full
- Dry / Sweetness
-
Dry Sweet
- Tannins
-
Low High
- Acidity
-
Low High
Food Pairing
White Meat, Red Meat, Game, Pasta, Cheese
Serving Suggestions
- Serving temperature
- 14-16°C
- Glass type
- Bordeaux
- Decanting
- 30 minutes before serving
- Aging potential
- Drink within 3 to 5 years
Cramele Recas
Back in 1988, three families decided to invest in a winery in Romania, starting with 650ha of slightly unloved vineyards and a rusty, formerly state-owned winery.
Today, Englishman Philip Cox and his Romanian wife Elvira divide the production and commercial management between them and together have turned the Cramele Recas Estate into the most successful winery in Romania. Recas are now recognized globally for their impressive scale and breadth of fascinating wines, including natural and orange wines made from organic grapes. Despite the increase in scale, the emphasis remains on making quality wines that over-deliver – a magic formula that has recently seen sales boom. The vineyards are a combination of old vines and more recent plantings, and the winery has seen significant investment in state-of-the-art facilities. Recas are in every way a modern, dynamic winery whose open-minded approach and quality sets them apart… a winery you can’t ignore.
Technical Details
- Bottle size
- 750ml
- Closure
- Screwcap
- Serving temperature
- 14-16°C
- Total acidity
- 2024