Dealurile Olteniei

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The soil cover is varied, with geo-pedological layers dominated by reddish-brown soils, lithic red soils, eutric cambisols, lithosols, and regosols.
• The soil is permeable and sandy-clay in texture, while the subsoil is reddish clay with small pebbles; ferro-manganese concretions influence the accumulation of colour compounds.
• On plateau terrain, albic luvisols, planosols, and luvic brown soils (podzolised) are found, while on narrow, well-drained ridges, argillic brown soils have formed.
• The vineyards are situated on open slopes arranged in broad amphitheatres with southern, eastern, and western aspects, benefiting from an annual average of 1,550 hours of sunshine.
• Temperatures accumulated day by day from April through September average a total of 3,340 degree-days Celsius.

• In 1900, G. N. Nicoleanu praised the Severin and Drâncea vineyard areas as the most renowned centres in the entire country for the finesse of the red wines produced from Pinot Noir and Merlot.
• Statistical data from 1899 show that Oltenia held, across its five counties, 30% of Romania's total vineyard area, while the counties of Dolj, Mehedinți, and Romanați produced 34% of the country's total red wine output.

• The moderate rainfall regime, combined with prolonged sunshine and high temperatures, ensures the effective biosynthesis of anthocyanins and aromas in the berry skins of well-established red and aromatic varieties.
• Temperature levels in August and September ensure excellent grape maturation, allowing the berries to accumulate considerable sugar levels, particularly when harvested late or at the raisin stage.

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-A1095
• Official trade body site — Oficiul Național al Viei și Produselor Vitivinicole (ONVPV) — IG Dealurile Olteniei