Romania Flashcards
What country presently leads Eastern Europe in wine production?
Romania
What are the most planted white grapes in Romania
Feteasca Alba
Feteasca Regala
What is Pamid called in Romania?
Rosioara
mostly for table wine
What are the indigenous red grapes of Romania?
Feteasca Neagra
Burgund Mare
Babeasca Neagra
What are the broad categories of wine in Romania?
“Wines for current consumption” (Table wines)
“Quality Wines”
What are the classifications of Romanian Quality Wines?
VS (geographic designation/PGI)
DOC (PDO)
Can hybrids be used in Romanian Quality Wines?
NO
What are the categories for Romanian DOC wines?
DOC-CMD: grapes harvested at full maturity
DOC-CT: late-harvest
DOC-CIB: botrytis
what mountains are the center of Romania?
Carpathian Mountains
What are the major regions of Romania?
- Banatului (Banat)
- Colinelor Dobrogei (Hills of Dobrogea)
- Crisanei si Maramuresului (Crisana and Maramures)
- Dealurilor Moldolvei (Hills of Moldova)
- Dealurilor Munteniei si Olteniei (Hills od Muntenia and Oltenia)
- Podisului Transilvaniei (Transylvania Plateau)
- Teraselor Dunarii (Danube Terraces)
Where are Romania’s highest vineyards?
Transylvania, in the center of the country
What is Romania’s coolest and most important wine regions?
Tarnave DOC
in Transylvania
What is Romania’s most famous wine?
sweet white Cotnari DOC in Moldavia based on the Grasa de Cotnari grape
Where is Dealu Mare DOC and what style is it known for?
Muntenia-Oltenia
Red wines, esp CS and PN
Where is Murfatlar DOC and what is it known for?
Dobrogea
CS, PN, late harvest Chardonnay
