Romania Flashcards
Romania is increasing plantings of red grapes including what international varieties?
Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Pinot Noir
The most cultivated grapes in Romania are the white varietals
Fetească Albă
Fetească Regala
Other leading white grapes in Romania
Riesling Italico (Welschriesling), Chardonnay, Sauvignon Blanc, Muscat Ottonel, and Pinot Gris
What are indigenous red grapes of Romania?
Fetească Neagra
Burgund Mare
Babeasca Neagra
Rosioara (Bulgaria’s Pamid) reserved for table wine production
In 2002 Romania established two categories for its wine classifications
“Wines for Current Consumption” or table wines
Quality Wines
Table Wines were subdivided into two categories
VM (table wine/Vin de Masa)
and
VMS (superior table wine/Vin de Masa Superior)
Quality Wines are classified as either
VS (quality wines with a geographic designation/Vin de Calitate Superioara, a PGI designation)
OR
DOC (Denumire de Origine Controlata, a PDO designation) produced from recommended and authorized grape varietals (excluding hybrids)
DOC wines may be further subcategorized as
DOC-CMD: grapes harvested at full maturity
DOC-CT: late-harvested grapes
DOC-CIB: botrytis-affected grapes
The 7 major wine growing regions of Romania
Moldovia
Dobrogea
Danubian Terrace
Banat
Transylvania
Muntenia-Oltenia
Crisana-Maramures
In Transylvania, the Tarnave DOC
One of Romania’s coolest and most important wine regions
White wines from Fetească grapes and Traminer Rose
The sweet wines of Cotnari DOC in Moldavia
Once on par with Tokaji
Grasa de Cotnari - shares a common lineage with Furmint
Cotnari May be dry, but the Grasa based interpretations are the most complex and long lived
The Dealu Mare DOC within Muntenia-Oltenia red varietals
Cabernet Sauvignon
Merlot
Murfatlar DOC in Dobrogea varietals
Cabernet Sauvignon
Pinot Noir
Chardonnay
