Pietroasa

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Bedrock of shelly limestone, occasionally outcropping at the surface, with skeletal calcareous soil on the upper part of the slope.
• Colluvial chernozem soils and true cernoziom at the foot of the slope, formed on loessoid colluvial material enriched in calcium carbonate.
• Moderate rainfall regime in July–September (157 mm) and 1,622 hours of sunshine during the growing season, favourable to late-harvest over-ripening.

• Principal profile: sweet, aromatic wines from Tămâioasă Românească, Busuioacă de Bohotin, and Grasă, harvested at over-ripeness.
• Botrytisation occurs on the upper third of the slopes, producing wines with honey aromas and a minimum of 40 g/l residual sugar.

• Aromatic and naturally sweet wines with at least 40 g/l sugar and a non-reducing extract of 25 g/l, a profile unique in the country.
• Botrytisation on the upper third of the slopes, yielding wines with an intense honey aroma.

• The skeletal and carbonated cernoziom soils over shelly limestone favour the accumulation of sugars, phenolic compounds, and aromatic precursors in the grapes.

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-A0134
• Official trade body site — Oficiul Național al Viei și Produselor Vitivinicole (ONVPV) — DOC Pietroasa