Odobeşti

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The lithological substrate consists of proluvial-deluvial sands and gravels overlain by a cover of loess-like deposits, forming a Pleistocene detrital complex.
• The Pleistocene detrital complex rests on an alternation of marls, clays, and Pliocene marine sands.
• The relief forms a uniform step of deluvial-proluvial glacis, sloping from 300 metres in the west to 100 metres in the east, from the foot of the Măgura Odobești slope to the edge of the scarp facing the Romanian Plain.
• The dominant zonal soils are mollisols, represented by leached chernozems (cambic and argic-illuvial) in the eastern and central parts, and grey soils in the western part of the appellation.
• The climate is temperate-continental with excessive nuances, caused by East-European air masses and Atlantic air masses from the west and north-west, particularly during the transitional seasons.

• Dimitrie Cantemir mentions the Odobești appellation in his work 'Descriptio Moldaviae', ranking it third among the country's wine-growing areas in terms of quality.
• In 1456, King Casimir of Poland requested wine from this appellation from the ruler Petru Rareș, and wine was supplied over the years to Russia as well, at the request of rulers of those lands.

• The white wines display a colour characteristic of the wine's type and age, with superior aromas, bouquet in older wines, a harmonious palate, and gustatory-olfactory finesse.

• The wines produced are prized for their freshness and fruitiness, qualities attributed to the pedoclimatic conditions and the high acidity of the soil.

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