TERROIR PROFILE

Recaș

Recaș – Warm temperate

Recaș east of Timișoara: viticulture documented since 1447, today home to Cramele Recaș, Romania's largest wine exporter; Tirol in the Banat highlands belongs to it.

WarmthSunDrynessMineralityBodyFreshness

TERROIR PROFILE · Banat

Recaș Recaș – Warm temperate

Recaș east of Timișoara: viticulture documented since 1447, today home to Cramele Recaș, Romania's largest wine exporter; Tirol in the Banat highlands belongs to it.

Cool continentalSlope: moderateFetească RegalăMerlotCabernet SauvignonFetească Neagră
What is terroir?

SOILS

Loambody-rich, velvety

Loamy soils give wines volume and a soft, velvety mouthfeel.

Limestoneprecise, mineral

Limestone delivers tension, structure and a cooler, more mineral character.

CLIMATE · Cool continental

Warm temperate

TOPOGRAPHY · moderate

Recaș east of Timișoara.

WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS

ripearomaticindigenousregional character

Similar terroirs worldwide

Computed from fingerprint similarity

Cotnari

Moldavian Hills

100% similar

  • Recaș and Cotnari share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.

Dealu Mare

Muntenia & Oltenia Hills

100% similar

  • Recaș and Dealu Mare share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.

Sâmburești

Muntenia & Oltenia Hills

100% similar

  • Recaș and Sâmburești share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.

This terroir's soils in the glossary