TERROIR PROFILE

Plaiurile Drâncei

Plaiurile Drâncei – Warm

Vânju Mare, Drâncea and Plenița in south-western Oltenia: warm hills towards the Danube, red-wine potential.

WarmthSunDrynessMineralityBodyFreshness

TERROIR PROFILE · Muntenia & Oltenia Hills

Plaiurile Drâncei Plaiurile Drâncei – Warm

Vânju Mare, Drâncea and Plenița in south-western Oltenia: warm hills towards the Danube, red-wine potential.

Cool continentalSlope: moderateFetească RegalăRiesling ItalicoMerlotCabernet Sauvignon
What is terroir?

SOILS

Loambody-rich, velvety

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

Sandstonewarm, dry, spicy

Sandstone warms quickly and yields ripe, fragrant wines with yellow fruit and fine spice.

CLIMATE · Cool continental

Warm

TOPOGRAPHY · moderate

Vânju Mare, Drâncea and Plenița in south-western Oltenia.

WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS

ripearomaticindigenousregional character

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Computed from fingerprint similarity

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This terroir's soils in the glossary