Drăgăşani

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Temperate-continental climate with attenuated Mediterranean influences; mean annual temperature 11.3 °C, precipitation 642 mm, sunshine 1,520 hours over the growing season.
• Parent rock: alternating Tertiary clays, marne, and sands on slopes and ridges; alluvial deposits of varying texture in the Olt River floodplain.
• Dominant soils: albic luvisols, brown luvic soils (podzolised), argillo-illuvial brown soils on hillsides; brun-roșcat soils on the terraces in the southern part of the podgorie.
• Topography: interfluvial ridges with steep N–S-oriented slopes running parallel to the Olt River; elevations ranging from 193 m (south) to 463 m (north).
• Above 400 m elevation, brown and brun-roșcat forest soils, moderately podzolised, calcareous-rich, developed over alluvial gravels.

• Pre-phylloxera indigenous varieties: Crâmpoșie, Braghină, and Gordan, legendarily associated with the Geto-Dacian era and the reign of Burebista.
• Documentary records dating from the 16th–17th centuries, linked to vineyard donations made by Mihai Viteazul to monasteries.

• Aromatic wines from Tămâioasă Românească and Sauvignon are recognised for their exceptional quality across the hillsides of the podgorie.
• Historic Drăgășani wines were low in alcohol (~10% vol), displayed freshness from residual CO₂, and had a lightly tart character, produced from late-harvested grapes.

• Brown luvic soils combined with the local thermo-hydric conditions directly inform the variety recommendations for white wines (Sauvignon, Crâmpoșie Selecționată, Tămâioasă Românească) and red wines (Negru de Drăgășani, Novac, Pinot Noir).

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• Specification (EUR-Lex, single document)
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-RO-A0286
• Official trade body site — Oficiul Național al Viei și Produselor Vitivinicole (ONVPV) — DOC Drăgăşani