The wine produced within the Alytus area was rated silver

On the largest wine exhibition within the Baltic States “Vyno dienos” held in Vilnius, the dessert quince wine produced by the vineyard “Miella vyninė” positioned within the Alytus district received the best scores in 4 classes.

The most effective Lithuanian sommeliers and wine specialists, tasting and evaluating the wines with out seeing their labels, awarded the dessert quince wine “AMMI” with a silver medal within the fruit, berry, plant wine class. It was additionally acknowledged as the perfect wine in three different classes: fruit, berry, plant, candy quince and quince.

“It is a mild golden wine made out of rigorously chosen quinces grown in Lithuania. The light scent of quince fruit offers the wine a singular and fascinating character. There’s a trace of American oak that subtly enhances the quince taste, whereas the sunshine acidity creates a harmonious, lingering aftertaste much like recent honey. It goes nicely with fruit pies, nut or honey cake,” described AMMI winemaker Marijus Jakinevičius.

In accordance with him, the excessive ranking exhibits that the work and creativity put in is appreciated, that the merchandise created at Miella Vineyard are fascinating. “We have now our personal manner and we do not get distracted, guided by the precept that you just obtain the best and finest leads to life whenever you work in a single space with out getting distracted”, emphasised M. Jakinevičius.

Established in 2022, two households work within the “Miella vineyard” – Eglė and Marijus Jakinevičiai and Laura and Irmantas Adamoniai, who inherited the winemaking traditions from Eglė and Irmantas’ grandmother Ona Adamonienė. Greater than 20 sorts of wines are produced within the “Miella vineyard”, firmly becoming a member of the ranks of winemakers, nurturing the outdated traditions of Lithuanian winemaking and creating new ones.

“We should not have one dominant sort of wine, we produce their whole vary – from dry to dessert, so that each buyer has the liberty and pleasure to decide on in accordance with his style. We produce most likely the one tomato wine in Europe that pulls a variety of curiosity,” mentioned M. Jakinevičius.

Sooner or later, the Miella vineyard may even produce grape wine. Subsequent to the vineyard, positioned within the village of Alytus, on an space of ​​one and a half hectares, 5 thousand licensed vines of seven wine varieties, introduced from Germany, are already rising.

Lately, paperwork are being ready to present the grape wine produced by the Miella vineyard a Protected Geographical Indication (PGI), that means a reference to a area, a particular place, used to explain a product that has a sure high quality, fame or different traits that may be attributed to it geographical origin.

“Creation of recent, fascinating, expressive flavors is sooner or later plans. We’ll be mixing flavors from substances we have by no means blended earlier than. Rhubarb and pumpkins will probably be included within the winemaking. I don’t predict what the end result will probably be, however I can guarantee you that experiments with these substances will certainly happen. We’re already speaking with farmers about rising the uncooked materials wanted for wine manufacturing,” mentioned M. Jakinevičius about future plans.

The silver medal for the dessert quince wine shouldn’t be the one award for the merchandise produced by Miella Vineyard. On the Lithuanian Wine Championship in 2022, “Miella vyninė” received three bronze and one silver medal, and cherry dry and apricot semi-sweet wines had been acknowledged as the perfect of their classes. In 2023, two bronze medals had been received on the Lithuanian wine championship, and black currant dry wine was acknowledged as the perfect in its class. Final 12 months, on the wine championship in Poland, dry cherry wine received worldwide recognition – it was awarded a gold medal within the shopper class, and a bronze medal within the skilled sommelier class.