TERROIR PROFILE
Calafat
Calafat – Hot
Cetate, Ciuperceni and Poiana Mare near Calafat on the Danube: sand dunes and gravel, new red-wine estates (Domeniul Cetate).
TERROIR PROFILE · Southern Sands
Calafat Calafat – Hot
Cetate, Ciuperceni and Poiana Mare near Calafat on the Danube: sand dunes and gravel, new red-wine estates (Domeniul Cetate).
SOILS
Gravel / Sandlight, approachable
Gravel and sand drain heavily — vines struggle for water, wines turn fine, light and elegant.
Sandstonewarm, dry, spicy
Sandstone warms quickly and yields ripe, fragrant wines with yellow fruit and fine spice.
CLIMATE · Warm · Dry · Sunny
Hot, dry
TOPOGRAPHY · gentle
Cetate, Ciuperceni and Poiana Mare near Calafat on the Danube.
WHAT IT MEANS IN THE GLASS
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Computed from fingerprint similarity
Greaca
Danube Terraces
100% similar
- Calafat and Greaca share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.
Dacilor
Southern Sands
100% similar
- Calafat and Dacilor share a strikingly similar fingerprint — the differences lie in soil and grape varieties.
Wineries on this terroir
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