Panciu

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Substrate: Quaternary gravels and sands covered by loessic loams, overlying Pliocene marine sediments (marne, clays).
• Piedmont relief divided into two sub-units: the Upper Piedmont Plain (Lower–Middle Pleistocene) and the Lower Piedmont Plain (Upper Pleistocene–Holocene).
• climă temperat-continentală of forest-steppe type, with interference between Scandinavian–Baltic air masses and Mediterranean–tropical air masses.
• Dominant soils: Mollisols (cambic and argillic-illuvial) and forest soils; cambic cernoziom ensures high trophic capacity.
• Soil texture confers porosity, permeability, granular (glomerular) structure, and good vertical drainage, limiting cryptogamic diseases.

• The podgorie attested from 1527 under the name "Podgoria Crucilor", mentioned in the report of emissary Georg von Reichersterffer.
• Moderate-yield cultivation practices give the white wines extractiveness, balanced structure, and good acidity.

• White wines: extractiveness, balanced structure, and good acidity — imparted by south-eastern aspect and moderate yields.
• Red wines: finesse, supple tannins, and vivid colour.

• The south-eastern aspect of the slopes imparts to the white wines extractiveness, balanced structure, and good acidity.

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-A1584
• Official trade body site — Oficiul Național al Viei și Produselor Vitivinicole (ONVPV) — DOC Panciu