Banat

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The viticultural zone is situated in the hilly region of Banat, on the low hills of the Dognecea Mountains, with most plantings established on plateaus with southern, south-western, or south-eastern aspects.
• The soils in the area are skeletal, eroded podzolised brown soils over gravels, leached rendzinas, and rendzinic regosols, rich in iron and trace elements.
• The mean annual temperature in the zone is 9.8 degrees Celsius, total annual rainfall is 518 mm, and total sunshine hours amount to 1,485.
• The sum of active temperatures in the zone reaches 3,168 degrees Celsius, and the sum of active precipitation is 305 mm.
• The oenoclimatic suitability of the viticultural region is expressed by a thermoheliohidric index of 4,598, falling within the range of 4,500 to 5,100.

• Wines produced on the skeletal, iron-rich soils of the Banat appellation display a bright red colour and are highly extracted.

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

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Sources

• National product specification (PDF) — onvpv
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-RO-A0028
• Official trade body site — Oficiul Național al Viei și Produselor Vitivinicole (ONVPV) — DOC Banat