Dealurile Munteniei

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Within the delimited area, the soils are formed from red clays, marls, and, to a lesser extent, reddish fine sands, well suited to growing varieties destined for red wines.
• In terms of genetic soil type, eroded reddish-brown forest soils predominate to the west, while to the east rendzinas, pseudorendzinas, and, to a lesser degree, solidified sandy soils are found.
• In certain centres, skeletal soils occur, with parent rock at shallow depth and a high calcium carbonate content, which favours the production of red and aromatic wines.
• The hilly massif is crossed by numerous valleys opening generally toward the south-east, defining a series of nearly parallel ridges, with viticulture practised mainly on slopes ranging from 8% to 30%.
• The mean annual temperature ranges around 10.8 °C in the western part of the wine-growing area and around 11.2 °C in the eastern part, with a mean temperature of -2.1 °C in the coldest month and +22.4 °C in the warmest.
• Rainfall is more abundant in the western part of the wine-growing area, at 587.7 mm, decreasing eastward to 508 mm.
• On the hillsides, minimum temperatures are approximately 3 °C higher than on the plain, and the frequency of harsh winters is considerably lower, so that vines grown on the hills can overwinter without protection.

• The earliest written records of viticulture in this part of the country date from the fourteenth and fifteenth centuries, attesting to the localities of Ceptura, Valea Călugărească, Valea Mantei, and Valea Popii.
• Ancient charters record that this area produced an 'oily', full-bodied, and long-lived wine comparable to the finest wines made in other countries.

• In this area, thanks to a favourable climate, deeply coloured and full-bodied Romanian red wines are produced, alongside superior white wines of great appeal.
• The wines display a consistent balance of acidity, with identity, expressiveness, and originality, preserving the floral or fruity character of the wines as appropriate.

• The climate of the delimited area — with its rich helio-thermal resource, long sunny autumns, and absence of excessive rainfall — is reflected in wine quality through the aromas, the velvety character of the red wines, and the roundness or freshness of the white wines.

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

All appellations in Romania

Sources

• Specification (EUR-Lex, single document)
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PGI-RO-A1085
• Official trade body site — Oficiul Național al Viei și Produselor Vitivinicole (ONVPV) — IG Dealurile Munteniei