Iana

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Varied lithological substrate: clays, sands, Levantine, Dacian, Pontian, Maeotian, and Khersonian argillaceous marls, plus Pleistocene loess-like deposits.
• Representative soils: grey forest soils, cambic cernoziomuri, regosols, and anthropic soils; predominantly sandy-loam to loam texture.
• Hilly-colline relief with elongated NNW–SSE interfluves; western slopes shorter and steeper (5°–15°) compared to gentler eastern slopes (3°–7°).
• climă temperat-continentală with an East-European continental character: harsh winters, torrid summers, and an annual water deficit exceeding 100–200 mm (July–September).
• Water-deficient podgorie: rainfall ~500 mm/year versus evapotranspiration of 650–675 mm; groundwater yields are low to negligible during the summer months.

• Pre-phylloxera local varieties: Poama albă-creață (probably Frâncușă), Zghihara verde, Bălaie (probably Plăvaie), and Busuioacă.
• Indigenous ungrafted vine plantings survived phylloxera through to the 1950s at Ciocani, Băcani, Crâng, and Iana.

• Cambic cernoziomuri over sandy-clay deposits combined with low autumn rainfall lead to high sugar accumulation and complex aromatic profiles.

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

Sources

• National product specification (PDF) — onvpv
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-RO-A0136
• Official trade body site — Oficiul Național al Viei și Produselor Vitivinicole (ONVPV) — DOC Iana