Bikicki Winery 'Veca' Crna Tamjanika 2022 750ml Martinique a farmer outside the Transylvanian

a farmer outside the Transylvanian village of Beltiug whose deep-loam vineyard grows nine different grapes side by side

producing a resinous

largely through the advocacy of Hudson Valley botanist Greg Quinn

“Eolithe” refers to the estate’s unique jurassic terroir — unlike the rest of the appellation

A blend of two straight rye mashbills — a 95% rye sourced from MGP in Indiana and an 80% rye distilled at High West in Park City — finished first in Ruby Port barrels

Bikicki Winery 'Veca' Crna Tamjanika 2022 750ml Martinique a farmer outside the TransylvanianSERBIA : VOJVODINA : FRUKA GORA ORGANIC : Crna Tamjanika FULL BODIED, ROSE PETALS, DARK WILD BERRIES, RIPE PLUM, ARONIA, NEUTRAL OAK Bikickis Veca is one of the few wines available in the US built entirely on Crna Tamjanika Black Muscat an indigenous Balkan grape that reads more like a dark floral than any recognizable red variety. Four days of skin maceration, spontaneous fermentation on native yeasts in neutral French barrique, and a year of elevage