Ukrainian wine
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The wine industry of Ukraine is well-established with long traditions. Several brands of wine from Ukraine are exported to bordering countries, the European Union, and North America.
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Main wine-producing regions
- Crimea
- Bessarabia
- Carpathian Ruthenia
- Southern Ukraine: Kherson, Dnipropetrovsk, and Odessa
Varietals
The main grape varieties used are Aligoté, Kagor, Muscat, Isabella, Savagnin, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Fetească, Pinot Noir, Pinot Gris, and Rkatsiteli.
White wines
- Aligoté: original wine. Color: from light-straw to golden one, pleasant fine, distinctive taste with a shade of violet.
- Pinot Gris and Pinot Blanc: Wine has golden shades and harmonious delicate taste.
- Riesling: after 1.5 years of seasoning it obtains the particular freshness, refinement, flower fragrance with the pleasant tints of fir and pine pitches.
- Chardonnay: The color is light gold shades.
- Savagnin: Predominating shades of rose and dogrose leaves.
Red wines
- Cabernet Sauvignon: color is intensive dark-red. Full-bodied fragrance and taste of blackcurrants, and black currants leaves.
- Merlot: With shades of sweet-cherry and/or cherry, the wine has long aftertaste.
- Pinot Noir: full-bodied, oily wine. It is used as a base in blend wines.
Sparkling wines
Production of sparkling wine like Sovetskoye Shampanskoye ('Soviet Champagne') is increasing. Most of the sparkling wine is produced around large cities like Kiev, Artemivsk, Lviv, Odessa, and Kharkiv. Most of the production is based on Pinot Blanc, Aligoté, Riesling and Feteaska.
Prominent wineries
- Magarach Wine Institute near Yalta with their 20,000 different wines derived from 3,200 vine species.
- Massandra Winery (Массандра).
External links
- Massandra (Russian language)
- Krimsekt, Artemivsk sparkling winery
