Main Info
The project Bessa Valley started in 2001 and it currently lays on 2500 decares, 1400 of which are already planted on. The main cellar protrudes in an arc dug into the rugged hillside. Next to is the Rotonda where the grapes ferment. The walls of the buildings are lined with limestone where marine inhabitants have left their traces.
Part of the winery is dug into a rock which is of great importance for the storage and aging of the wine in barrels. The rock allows them to regulate a constant temperature and humidity level.
The wine cellar’s capacity is 720000 bottles and part of the wines are aging in about 2500 French oak barrels. Around 80% of the production is intended for export.
Bessa Valley is on the hills between the Rhodope mountains and the river Maritza. The climate is continential – hot summer and cold winter. The terroir is influenced by the river and the mointain. The rainfall level is moderate.
The valley is surrounded by hills open only to the west and south. This allows the fresh wind-flows to aerate the grapes and mix their aromas. The soil in the valley is loamy and rocky mixed with limestone. The calcareous rock is half a meter below the soil layer.
Wine cellar Bessa Valley welcomes wine tourist during weekdays from 10 am till 4 pm and wine tours during the weekend require booking in advance. If you wish to enjoy the lecture amongst the vineyard massifs, a tour of Domain Bessa Valley and a wine tasting in their tasting room we advise you make you reservation in advance.
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Sights and attractions in the regions:
Plovdiv is the second largest city in Bulgaria. It is over 8,000 years old and its past can be traced from prehistory to the present day. Life in the city has not been interrupted, which ranks it among the oldest continuously inhabited cities in the world. Ancient monuments have been preserved and conserved, and many cultural events are held in the city.
The Red Church “Sveta Bogoroditsa” or the Red Church is a Christian temple in ruins, functioning from the 4th to the 14th century, located near the town of Perushtitsa. It has been declared a cultural monument of national importance.
It represents in its highest part a central four-conch hall, which in each of the four directions has semi-cylindrical niches covered by a dome.
It is located in the Rhodopе region along the Vacha river on the border between the regions of Plovdiv, Smolyan and Pazardzhik and is part of the Dospat-Vacha cascade. The dam has the highest dam wall in Bulgaria – 144.5m. There are good conditions for tourism along the banks of the dam. The Krichim-Devin road passes alongside the dam which opens up picturesque views of the mountain and the dam.
