Adamclisi

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The Adamclisi area is situated on the highest plateau in south-western Dobrogea, a position that distinguishes it from the neighbouring areas of Oltina and Murfatlar.
• The soils are chernozemic in type, with carbonates at the surface and limestone deposits at depths of up to 0.80 m, with a composition rich in iron and magnesium.
• Effective sunshine in the area exceeds 1,800 hours per year, and the average number of sunny days per year is 300.
• The proximity of Adamclisi to the forested zones adjacent to the area promotes a more even distribution of rainfall, which benefits all varieties during the growing season, unlike the Murfatlar and Oltina areas.
• Compared with the Oltina area, located on the bank of the Danube, fog is far less frequent in Adamclisi, and its position on the continental plateau at an optimal distance from the Black Sea and the Danube moderates the occurrence of heat waves.

• Producers maintain their vineyards using mixed pruning, a practice which, combined with the humus- and mineral-rich soils, ensures the production of wines typical of the PDO Adamclisi area.
• Wine production is permitted from the third year of grape production onwards, in order to preserve the specificity of PDO Adamclisi, yielding wines with a consistent actual alcoholic strength of over 12.5–13% vol.

• White wines display colours ranging from ripe wheat-straw to yellow with greenish highlights, with intense aromas of lemon blossom and vine flower through to pineapple and banana.
• Red and rosé wines display colours ranging from pale pink to ruby red or violet-red, with aromas of lightly smoked plum, dark wild berries, green pepper and black pepper, toasted almond, and bitter wild black cherry.

• The soils, rich in ferric salts and formed over limestones and calcareous sandstones as reddish-brown earths, promote very good accumulation of anthocyanins, which is reflected in the colour intensity of the red wines and in their lightly mineral character on the palate.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

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Sources

• Specification (EUR-Lex, single document)
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-RO-N0037
• Official trade body site — Oficiul Național al Viei și Produselor Vitivinicole (ONVPV) — DOC Adamclisi