Odobeşti

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Pleistocene detrital substrate: proluvial-deluvial sands and gravels covered by loessic deposits, overlying Pliocene marine marls, clays, and sands.
• Dominant soils: leached cernoziomuri (cambic and argillic-illuvial) in the east-central sector, grey soils to the west, with medium-to-light texture.
• Climă temperat-continentală with excessive nuances, influenced by eastern European and Atlantic air masses; mean annual sunshine duration ~2,100 hours.
• Glacis deluvio-proluvial landform, elevation 100–300 m, west-to-east aspect, on the piedmont terrace of the Curvature Subcarpathians.
• Mean global solar radiation >120 Kcal/cm², ranging from 110 (north-facing exposures) to 140 (south-facing exposures); mean annual temperature ~9–10 °C.

• Podgoria Odobești is recorded in Dimitrie Cantemir's "Descriptio Moldaviae", ranked third among the country's wine regions.
• In 1456, King Casimir of Poland requested wine from the podgorie from the ruler Petru Rareș, attesting to its historic export trade.

• White wines with pronounced aroma, bouquet (in aged wines), and gustatory-olfactory harmony, with enhanced color intensity conferred by the heliothermal resources and light-textured soils.
• Pedoclimatic conditions and high soil acidity impart freshness and fruitiness to the wines; sunshine of approximately 2,100 hours per year promotes the concentration of sugars and primary aromas.

• Acidic soil combined with a heliothermal climate yields wines with freshness, fruitiness, and concentrated primary aromas.

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-A1586
• Official trade body site — Oficiul Național al Viei și Produselor Vitivinicole (ONVPV) — DOC Odobeşti