Grapevine Mavrud - Red Wine Grape, Late Ripening

Mavrud is an extremely valuable Bulgarian red wine grape variety.  High-quality dark red wines are produced from Mavrud, which acquire an unmistakable harmonious flavour with ageing.    The average Mavrud bunch weight is 300 - 400 grams, which leads to high yields of up to 2 tonnes per decare.    Mavrud is a late-ripening variety. Its grapes ripen well at the beginning of October.    It thrives with a temperature sum over the growing season greater than 40° and deep alluvial soils with good moisture.    The wine grape variety presented is grown in the Asenovgrad region, and to a lesser extent in Peroushtitsa, Pazardzhik, Stara Zagora and Chirpan. Along the southern Bulgarian Black Sea coast - the Burgas and Pomorie area, the variety is known as Kachivela, and in Bessarabia as Kaushansky Mavrud occupies under 1% of Bulgarian wine vineyards.    The sugar content of the fruit is about 17-22%, and the acidity - 6.5-10 g/l.