151. Carica Milica – Rubin winery

[Image: Carica Milica Bottle]

Color ruby red. The smell strong, sweet cherry and blueberry. Medium body, fruity taste, cherry and blueberry. Mild alcohol, unnoticed tannins and strong acids. Medium length finish, fruity sweet, with a high dose of fruity acids.

What else? This is the oldest Serbian wine brand, with the same name having been sold since eight decades of the twentieth century. It was always meant as a bulk, folk-wine, and today it is the same. The catch is in something else, this wine had the first full color wine-label here, and it was just a miracle 50 years ago. This, and well chosen name has made this wine very popular for years. Today, with its new label, also sold very well, mostly because of its price and because of its sweet-strong acid taste go well with Serbian fat, spice food.

** Carica Milica (Empress Milica), a historical figure, in one moment the sovereign of Serbia, whose palace was in Kruševac, a town that also is headquarters of the Rubin winery.

Name: Carica Milica

Producer: Winery Rubin Krusevac

Style: semi-dry red wine, 11% alc.

Grape: Prokupac, Pinot Noir

Area: Krusevac, 3 Morave area, Central Serbia

Price: 2 euro/bottle 0.75 l