TERROIR PROFILE

Miniș-Măderat

Miniș-Măderat – Temperate

Miniș and Măderat east of Arad on the Zarand mountains: red wine since the 18th century (the 'Aszú of Miniș'), today Cadarcă, Cabernet and the white Mustoasă; Balla Géza is the leading estate.

WarmthSunDrynessMineralityBodyFreshness

TERROIR PROFILE · Crișana & Maramureș

Miniș-Măderat Miniș-Măderat – Temperate

Miniș and Măderat east of Arad on the Zarand mountains: red wine since the 18th century (the 'Aszú of Miniș'), today Cadarcă, Cabernet and the white Mustoasă; Balla Géza is the leading estate.

Cool continentalSlope: moderateCadarcăCabernet SauvignonMerlotPinot Noir
What is terroir?

SOILS

Loambody-rich, velvety

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

Volcanic rocksmoky, mineral, powerful

Volcanic soils yield smoky, often iodine-mineral wines with dense structure.

CLIMATE · Cool continental

Temperate, Pannonian, south slopes

TOPOGRAPHY · moderate

Miniș and Măderat east of Arad on the Zarand mountains.

WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS

ripearomaticindigenousregional character

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Computed from fingerprint similarity

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  • Miniș-Măderat and Huși share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.

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  • Miniș-Măderat and Colinele Tutovei share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.

This terroir's soils in the glossary