Mavrud
Sign in to savethumb|Mavrud dry red wine from region of Brestovitsa, Plovdiv Province|Brestovitsa. thumbnail|Mavrud wine on the shelves in a supermarket in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. This particular wine is from [[Perushtitsa.]] Mavrud (, from Greek, μαυρό (mavró), "black") is a red wine grape that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines, indigenous to the Balkan region. It is grown in the Thrace region of Bulgaria, in some regions of Albania, as well as some regions of Greece and Romania.
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thumb|Mavrud dry red wine from region of Brestovitsa, Plovdiv Province|Brestovitsa. thumbnail|Mavrud wine on the shelves in a supermarket in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. This particular wine is from [[Perushtitsa.]] Mavrud (, from Greek, μαυρό (mavró), "black") is a red wine grape that is used as both a blending grape and for varietal wines, indigenous to the Balkan region. It is grown in the Thrace region of Bulgaria, in some regions of Albania, as well as some regions of Greece and Romania.
The grape has been described as a characterful, low-yielding, small-berried and late-ripening grape capable of producing tannic, spicy wine with a potential for ageing.