Sun Valley

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Solnechnaya Dolina is one of the oldest Russian wineries of the full production cycle, located in Crimea. In 2018, the company turned 130 years old. It focuses on autochthonous Crimean varieties. The winery offers to visit the ancient wine cellars of "Archaderesse," founded back in 1888 by L.S. Golitsyn. The most famous wine brands: "Black Doctor of the Sun Valley," "Black Colonel," "Sunny Valley Vintage," "Meganom" For 2022, the chief agronomist - Vladimir Fadeev

Total vineyard area. Geography

Sudak, p. Almond. 2022: The total area of ​ ​ the vineyards of the "Solar Valley" is more than 800 hectares (400 hectares are in Izyumovka), on which more than 50 both autochthonous and European grapes are grown.

Terroir

The vineyards of the "Solar Valley" are located in a special microzone of the Crimean peninsula near Cape Megan and are surrounded on all sides by mountains and the sea. High average annual temperatures, almost complete absence of precipitation (up to 300 mm per year) and strong hot winds, sandy-silicon soils with salt horizons - all these factors create unique conditions for winemaking in this area.

A set of grapes

Autochthons: Bastardo Magarach, Kefesia, Ekim Kara, Jevat Kara, Sary Pandas, Kok Pandas, Solnodolinsky, Kapselsky White, Soldaya, Kokur, as well as Pinot Noir, Syrah

History

2021

The beginning of the laying of vineyards in Izyumovka.

2001

Since 2001, "Sunny Valley" began the production of dry wines

1940: Branded assembly "Black Doctor"

Since the 1940s, the branded "Black Doctor" has appeared - assemblage of autochthonous varieties of ekim kara, jevat kara, kefesia.

1888

Princes Gorchakov Konstantin and Lev Golitsin begin the development of a new winery near Sudak. First name "Archaderesse"