TERROIR PROFILE
Covurlui
Covurlui – Continental
Băleni, Scânteiești, Smârdan and Pechea north of Galați: dry loess hills overlooking the Danube.
TERROIR PROFILE · Moldavian Hills
Covurlui Covurlui – Continental
Băleni, Scânteiești, Smârdan and Pechea north of Galați: dry loess hills overlooking the Danube.
☀ Cool continental⛰ Slope: moderateFetească AlbăFetească RegalăBăbească NeagrăMerlot
What is terroir? →SOILS
Loessround, fruity, full
Loess stores water and nutrients. Wines tend to be rounder, juicier and fuller.
CLIMATE · Cool continental
Continental, dry
TOPOGRAPHY · moderate
Băleni, Scânteiești, Smârdan and Pechea north of Galați.
WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS
ripearomaticindigenousregional character
Similar terroirs worldwide
Computed from fingerprint similarity
Iași
Moldavian Hills
100% similar
- Covurlui and Iași share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.
Huși
Moldavian Hills
100% similar
- Covurlui and Huși share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.
This terroir's soils in the glossary