Mavrud

[2][3][4] Regarded as one of the most highly esteemed local wines, Mavrud vineyards are mainly found around Asenovgrad and Perushtitsa, as well as more rarely near Pazardzhik, Stara Zagora and Chirpan.

[citation needed] There is speculation amongst grape growers that Mavrud may be an ancient clone of Mourvedre, imported into Bulgaria by the Romans.

[citation needed] A legend that the oenophiles of the Mavrud wine like to repeat in order to explain the restoration of this locality as wine-growing country[5] was that during the reign of Khan Krum of Bulgaria, all vineyards were ordered destroyed.

She said she had secretly saved a vine, made wine, and that this was the source of Mavrud's bravery.

[6][5] In the original Bulgarian version the legend says it was a monster called the lamya (ламя) which was vanquished, according to one book on wine.