Damianitza No Man's Land Silver Label Merlot Cabernet Sauvignon 2002

Variety: Cabernet Sauvignon  x Merlot 

Country of origin: Bulgaria
Wine appellation:  Melnik
Vintage: 2002
Alcohol content: 13.0%
Color:  garnet with bricky meniscus
Bouquet: canned cherries and black currant, hint of coffee, spices
Taste:  medium body, sour cherries, black currant, slightly higher tannins as well as acidity at the end coffee tones
Recommended food pairing:  pork ribs
Overall score: 82
Price: CZK 250 in 2005
Stopper: cork
The wine was called No Man's Land. According to the label, No Man's Land is a 5 mile strip of land in Southwest Bulgaria that used to separate the worlds of Socialism and Capitalism. During the cold war, it was a horrific place for those who dared to escape the Socialist Countries, hoping for a better life in the West. Nowadays, it is an environmental paradise — pollution free and a preserved wildlife — where the vines have grown free, producing succulent and rich fruit resulting in wines of extraordinary character. Generally it was above standard quality of red wines with some nice aged tones, the only character I did not like a lot was the austerity of the wine combined with slightlyhigher acidity for red wine I would expect.
p.s. pics wil be added later