Variety
WhiteZghihară de Huși
Also known as: Zghihară
The variety of Huși: crisp and acid-driven, green apple, lemon and herbs, light in alcohol – a summer wine and excellent sparkling base.
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Zghihară de Huși is a native grape from the Huși wine region in southeastern Romanian Moldavia. According to Romanian sources it was known many centuries before the phylloxera crisis. Other names are Zghihară galbenă, Ghihară and Poamă zoșănească. Its parentage is not documented.
The vine grows strongly. The bunches are medium-sized, with greenish-yellow berries that become rust-speckled where exposed to the sun. At full ripeness they reach up to 198 g/l sugar, at harvest sometimes 204 to 228 g/l, while keeping a high total acidity of over 6 g/l. The result is fresh, light wines for early drinking, in some years of higher quality, with green apple, lemon and herbs. Because of the high acidity the variety is a valued base wine for sparkling; it is also used for juice and distillates.
Zghihară de Huși pairs with fish, salads and light starters.
Taste profile
Six axes — acidity, sweetness, body, tannin, aroma intensity and depth — on a 0–5 scale, based on typical style. Real wines vary by region and producer.
Typical aromas — Zghihară de Huși
These 4 aromas typically define Zghihară de Huși. Actual taste experience varies by region and style.
Green apple
Lemon
Herbs
Flint
Zghihară de Huși aroma families
These aroma categories are characteristic of Zghihară de Huși. Other varieties have different focuses.
Fruit aromas are the most common and come directly from the grape, ranging from citrus through stone fruit to black berries.
Herbal aromas can be finely aromatic (sage) or grassy – a stylistic feature in some varieties, ripeness indicator in others.
Mineral notes are considered terroir-typical, emerging from soil, acidity and pH.
Key regions
Zghihară de Huși is grown in the following regions of our atlas. Click to see wineries.
Wineries with Zghihară de Huși
1 curated profiles in our atlas grow Zghihară de Huși.
1 wineries