The Castle 2021 Red Blend

At Stoker Wines, we follow in the tradition of Bram Stoker, who in 1897 produced a mysterious blend of his own, to create his Castle Dracula. Bram used three distinct features: the exterior, the interior, and the location. He used a sketch of Bran Castle in Romania for his exterior description and Slains Castle in Cruden Bay Scotland for his internal octagonal room where Count Dracula welcomes Jonathan Harker and enjoys two glasses of wine. Bram placed his supernatural Count’s lair on Mount Izvorul, an extinct volcano near the Borgo Pass amid the flickering blue flames in the Calimani National Park of the Carpathian Mountains, in Northern Transylvania.

There’s a certain poise to this vintage…a calm that draws you closer. Red currant and warm cedar stir softly, like the hush before the night deepens. Each sip moves with quiet confidence, smooth and steady, unfolding warmth rather than force. A wine that leaves its mark not with fire, but with presence.