TERROIR PROFILE
Huși
Huși – Continental
Huși on the Prut: home of the crisp Zghihară de Huși and a historic wine town with a viticulture museum; Averești and Crasna belong to it.
TERROIR PROFILE · Moldavian Hills
Huși Huși – Continental
Huși on the Prut: home of the crisp Zghihară de Huși and a historic wine town with a viticulture museum; Averești and Crasna belong to it.
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.
Sandstonewarm, dry, spicy
Sandstone warms quickly and yields ripe, fragrant wines with yellow fruit and fine spice.
CLIMATE · Cool continental
Continental, dry
TOPOGRAPHY · moderate
Huși on the Prut.
WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS
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Iași
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- Huși and Colinele Tutovei share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.
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