The Banat region, located in southwestern Romania, sums up approx to about 3000 ha, with island plantations distributed in several wine centers, but which have a certain uniformity of pedo-climatic characteristics.
The sub-Mediterranean climate is much clearer here than in any other part of the country, characterized by mild winters, hot summers and long autumns.
The predominant soils in this region are those of terra rossa type (on calcareous soils), brown-eumezobasic soils (on slopes), brown-clay-alluvial and regosols. There are also chernozems and even leached chernozems, which are not very favorable for the cultivation of vines, in the Teremia wine center.
The viticultural centers in this region are: Moldova Nouă, Tirol, Silagiu, Recaş and Teremia.
Vezi podgoriileCrișana-Maramureș, is located in northwestern Romania, and includes the northernmost vineyards for the cultivation of vines. The vineyards are located in hilly and hilly areas between the parallels 46 and 48, at altitudes between 100 m and 550 m.
Located between Halmeu to the north and Miniș to the south, the Crișana-Maramureș region totals approximately 8000 ha, being thus included in the category of the largest wine-growing regions.
The climate is determined by the western opening of the region and the protection offered by the mountain range, which limits the influence of northeasterly air currents. The climate is moderately continental with early springs, moderately hot and humid summers, long and warm autumns and short winters.
The soils found in this region are formed on certain sedimentation sediments and belong to the class of argilluvisols and mollisols. argilluvisols are dominant in the hilly-hilly unit, being represented by brown, brown-podzolic and brown eumezobasic soils, and mollisols are present in the forest-steppe plains in the southwest of the region and are represented by cambic and argiloiluvial chernozems.
Vezi podgoriileLocated in southeastern Romania, it completely covers the Dobrogea Plateau with borders bordering the Danube, the Black Sea and the border with Bulgaria, the vineyards stretch from Mangalia to Tulcea and Macin, on an area of about 30,000 hectares, which also includes the Danube Terraces.
The wine centers in this area are spaced apart, but have "connecting" plantations, areas with similar ecological conditions.
Compared to the rest of the country where the plantations are mainly established in hilly-hilly areas, in this region the plantations are arranged in areas with low-moderate altitude with a certain fragmentation and with specific plain relief.
The climate of the region is steppe and forest-steppe but strongly influenced by the proximity of the Black Sea and the Danube. Characteristic for this area is the actual duration of the sun's shine, which is the longest in the country, and against the background of a low volume of precipitation, it determines a faster baking with a high accumulation of sugars. Although its geographical location gives it the greatest heliothermal resources, the region has modest water resources, which are slightly enhanced by the beneficial presence of the Danube.
The dominant soils in the viticultural centers are the steppe mollisols (chernozems, balan soils) and silvostep (cambic chernozems), followed by the gray soils and calcareous rendzines.
Vezi podgoriileThe region of Muntenia and Oltenia is the second largest wine region in our country, with an area of 54,187 hectares.
The vineyards in this area extend from Râmnicu Sărat to Halânga in Mehedinți County and Segarcea in Dolj County.
It is not a unitary region in terms of relief, ecoclimatic conditions and pedological conditions.
The climate is of temperate continental type mainly with Eastern European influences, towards the west of the region the influences change in Central European, and in Oltenia the predominant influences are Mediterranean. The southern latitude and the presence of the Southern Carpathians create a barrier of protection against cold air currents, so in this region the springs are early, the summers are warm to hot, the autumns are long and warm and the winters are cold to frosty.
Specific to this region are the microclimates characteristic of wine-growing centers, so there are notable climatic differences between the vineyards within this region. These differences are also manifested in soils, so there is a wide range of soils: chernozems, brown, reddish-brown, brown-eumezobasic soils and gray soils present in the middle hilly area, and podzolit brown clay soils and podzolic soils resurface on ridges. wide and slightly sloping slopes.
Vezi podgoriileLocated in the southeast of the country, the wine region Dealurile Moldovei has a total area of 76789 ha, being one of the largest wine regions in our country. The vast geographical area over which it stretches, from Botoșani County to Vrancea and Galați Counties, determines notable differences both in terms of climate and ecopedological conditions, as well as in terms of variety assortment and quality of wines obtained from them.
The vineyards occupy the sub-Carpathian hills in contact with the Southern Plain of Moldova, the sands of southern Moldova, the terraces of Siret, the hills of Prut, Tutovei, Bârlad, as well as the hills inside Moldova.
The climate of the area is not uniform for the whole wine region, so we can find different microclimates in relatively close wine centers. The region has strong Eastern European climatic influences that can cause harsh winters, moderately hot springs, hot summers, even hot in some years, long and mild autumns.
The most representative soils for this region are mainly the molisols represented by: chernozems, leached chernozems and gray soils. There are also undeveloped soils (regosols and erodisols), as well as secondary carbonated anthropogenic soils (Cotnari vineyard), but also sandy soils (in Iveşti vineyard)
The viticultural region is located in the geographical area of the Transylvanian Plateau and totals an area of 6355 ha, which stretch from Apod to Bistrita Nasaud and Dej. The vineyards cover the hilly and hilly southern areas of Transylvania, rising from an altitude of 200 m to 600 m, following the surface between the parallel 460 and 470 latitude.
The climate of the area, although it can be characterized as a cool climate, ensures optimal conditions for growing vines, exclusively for wine varieties. . The Central European climate, moderately continental with long sunny autumns, with large temperature differences between day and night, allows obtaining high quality wines, aromatic, dry with high acidity, with a very good expression of variety characteristics.
The vast majority are included in the class of clay soils, represented by brown soils, clay-iluvial browns and podzolite browns. These are followed, as a percentage, by leached chernozems located in the northwest and southwest of the region (Transylvanian Plain and Mureş terraces), and by pseudorendzine in forest areas.
The special projects represent collaborations of some Romanian companies that wanted to develop their own wine brands, made in different microclimates, with totally different characteristics, projects that materialized in collaborations with various wineries in the country.
These projects group under the same brands, wines made in the most famous wine regions in Romania and thus manage to have a direct addressability to various categories of consumers.
In the case of producers who develop their own brands, we can find common points, specific to the terroir, the way of vinification, the oenologist's imprint. In the case of Special Projects, within a single brand we will discover different terroir influences, winemaking styles adapted to the brand and consumers.
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