Huşi
Styles
Principal grape varieties
Aligoté BAromat De Iași BBarbera N (Barbera Nera)Busuioacă De Bohotin Rs (Muscat A Petits Grains Rouges)Băbească Gri G (Babeasca Gris)Băbească Neagră NCabernet Sauvignon NChardonnay BCodană NCrâmpoşie Selecţionată BDonaris BFetească Albă BFetească Neagră NFetească Regală BFrâncuşă BGrasă De Cotnari BMerlot NMuscadelle BMuscat Ottonel BNebbiolo NNegru Aromat NPinot Gris GPinot Noir NPlăvaie BPortugais Bleu N (Portugieser Blau)Riesling De Rhin B (Riesling Weiss)Riesling Italian B (Welschriesling)Sangiovese NSauvignon BSyrah NSémillon BTraminer Roz Rs (Gewuerztraminer)Tămâioasă Românească B (Muscat A Petits Grains Blancs)Zghihară De Huși BZweigelt N (Zweigeltrebe Blau)Şarba B
Terroir
Natural factors
- Leached chernozems and grey soils, the most widespread in the Huși Depression, are also the most valuable for vineyard plantings, with a sandy-loam texture and a notable humus content.
- The relief consists of a succession of broadly rounded hills oriented NW–SE, with a hilly sub-unit at around 300 m above sea level and a depressionary sub-unit averaging 150 m in elevation.
- The climate is temperate continental in character, with a moderately continental nuance at the level of the higher hills and an excessively continental nuance within the Huși Depression.
- Average sunshine duration is below 2,000 hours on the higher hills and above 2,100 hours in the Huși Depression and along the Prut Valley.
- Prevailing winds from the west, northwest, and north account for over 60% of annual wind frequency and exhibit föhn-like characteristics as they descend the hillsides towards the depression.
Human factors
- A charter of Alexandru cel Bun dating from 1415 attests to a delineation of the historic vineyard area, making it one of the earliest documents relating to viticulture in this zone.
- A document from August 1436 confirms the existence of vineyards on the slopes of Epureni–Pâhnești–Huși, and between 1600 and 1662 extensive vineyards were planted on the Saca and Ochi hillsides, where the princely vineyards were located.
Product characteristics
- Wines produced in this area range from dry to sweet or luscious, and may be white, rosé, or red.
- They are generally light-bodied wines, not highly extracted, with moderate alcohol, slightly acidic in the northern part of the area, with an acidity peak in the Averești zone.
- Red wines range from lightly coloured in the northern part of the area to deeply coloured in the south.
Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.
About this boundary · approximate area
Approximate area — the Bétard 2022 dataset polygon (EU PDOs), at municipality resolution.
Sources
- Specification (EUR-Lex, single document)
- eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-RO-A1583
- Official trade body site — Oficiul Național al Viei și Produselor Vitivinicole (ONVPV) — DOC Huşi
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