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BALKANS

Balkans won

0 Best in Show

4 Platinum (see p63)

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Bulgaria

GOLD red

• 95 Minkov Brothers, Cabernet Sauvignon, Thracian Valley, Thracian Lowland, Southern Region 2017 (13.7%) Rich, plummy style with plenty of ripe black fruit, hints of tar, liquorice and black pepper. Shows well integrated oak, plus ripe and rounded tannins.

• 95 Orbelus, Melnik, Struma River Valley, South Western Region 2016 (14.7%) Floral aromas, with

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