{"product_id":"bikicki-winery-veca-red-blend-2022-750ml","title":"Bikicki Winery 'Veca' Crna Tamjanika 2022 750ml","description":"\u003cp\u003eSERBIA : VOJVODINA : FRUŠKA GORA\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eORGANIC : Crna Tamjanika\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eFULL-BODIED, ROSE PETALS, DARK WILD BERRIES, RIPE PLUM, ARONIA, NEUTRAL OAK\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"margin: 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eBikicki’s ‘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 produce a wine that is both intensely pigmented and surprisingly fresh. Just 1,427 numbered bottles were made.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003eĐorđe Bikicki farms 8 certified-organic hectares at Banoštor, on the northern slopes of Fruška Gora above the Danube. The mountain sits on the 45th parallel alongside Bordeaux, Piedmont, and the Willamette Valley — its terroir credentials go back centuries. Consulting winemaker Oszkar Maurer — Serbia’s most influential natural wine figure — shaped the minimal-intervention approach.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003chr style=\"margin: 0;\"\u003e\n\u003cp\u003ePAIRINGS :\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003ctable\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003eLamb chops with rosemary and garlic\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ethe wine’s plum and floral notes mirror the herbed richness of the lamb\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003eRoasted duck with cherry reduction\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003edark fruit tannins hold against the bird’s fat and sauce acidity\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n  \u003ctr\u003e\n\u003ctd style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003eSerbian ćevapi with ajvar\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003ctd\u003ethe natural pairing — grilled meat, sweet pepper spread, and this grape are from the same terroir\u003c\/td\u003e\n\u003c\/tr\u003e\n\u003c\/table\u003e","brand":"Vinum","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":62563640705183,"sku":"8190","price":29.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0232\/3203\/files\/IMG-0776.jpg?v=1763080021","url":"https:\/\/eastsidecellars.com\/products\/bikicki-winery-veca-red-blend-2022-750ml","provider":"Eastside Cellars","version":"1.0","type":"link"}