TERROIR PROFILE

Colinele Tutovei

Colinele Tutovei – Continental

The Tutova hills around Bârlad, Iana and Bălăbănești: large vineyards for fresh whites and Băbească Neagră.

WarmthSunDrynessMineralityBodyFreshness

TERROIR PROFILE · Moldavian Hills

Colinele Tutovei Colinele Tutovei – Continental

The Tutova hills around Bârlad, Iana and Bălăbănești: large vineyards for fresh whites and Băbească Neagră.

Cool continentalSlope: moderateFetească AlbăFetească RegalăAligotéBăbească Neagră
What is terroir?

SOILS

Loessround, fruity, full

Loess stores water and nutrients. Wines tend to be rounder, juicier and fuller.

Loambody-rich, velvety

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

CLIMATE · Cool continental

Continental

TOPOGRAPHY · moderate

The Tutova hills around Bârlad, Iana and Bălăbănești.

WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS

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Similar terroirs worldwide

Computed from fingerprint similarity

Iași

Moldavian Hills

100% similar

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

Huși

Moldavian Hills

100% similar

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

Zeletin

Moldavian Hills

100% similar

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

This terroir's soils in the glossary