TERROIR PROFILE
Sarica-Niculițel
Sarica-Niculițel – Dry continental
Niculițel, Tulcea, Măcin, Dăeni and Hârșova in the Măcin mountains at the Danube bend: viticulture since antiquity, weathered granite soils, Alira and Crama Sarica estates.
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Sarica-Niculițel Sarica-Niculițel – Dry continental
Niculițel, Tulcea, Măcin, Dăeni and Hârșova in the Măcin mountains at the Danube bend: viticulture since antiquity, weathered granite soils, Alira and Crama Sarica estates.
SOILS
Loessround, fruity, full
Loess stores water and nutrients. Wines tend to be rounder, juicier and fuller.
Graniteelegant, lightly spicy
Weathered granite produces elegant, slender wines with fine, lightly spicy profile.
CLIMATE · Cool continental
Dry continental
TOPOGRAPHY · moderate
Niculițel, Tulcea, Măcin, Dăeni and Hârșova in the Măcin mountains at the Danube bend.
WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS
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Computed from fingerprint similarity
Iași
Moldavian Hills
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- Sarica-Niculițel and Iași share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.
Huși
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100% similar
- Sarica-Niculițel and Huși share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.
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