Pietroasa

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The soils in the area formed on shelly limestone, with the parent rock lying at shallow depth and sometimes appearing at the surface.
• Skeletal calcareous soils are found on the upper part of the slope, colluvial soils with skeletal material in the middle section, and colluvial chernozem soils and chernozems at the base of the slope.
• The chernozem and calcareous colluvial soils formed on loessic colluvial material mixed with material derived from the erosion of calcareous soils in the hilly zone.
• The climate has a temperate continental character, with a mean annual temperature of 11.4°C and negative mean monthly temperatures only in January, at -1.9°C.
• The terrain has a predominantly south-facing aspect; slopes with a moderate gradient of up to 25% are the most favourable for viticulture, and altitude ranges from 130 m at the base of the slope to 450 m at the upper limit, near the village of Bădeni.
• Critical temperatures for the vine are recorded at intervals of five to six years at the base of the slope, while in the middle and upper sections of the hillside they are rare and altogether exceptional.
• In normal years the vine begins its vegetative cycle in the first ten days of April and completes it at the end of October, with a growing season of approximately 210 days.

• The principal production focus at Pietroasa is sweet and aromatic wines from Tămâioasă Românească and Busuioacă de Bohotin, alongside sweet wines from Grasă made from late-harvested, overripe grapes.
• Pietroasa also specialises in red wines from Fetească Neagră, Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot, and Pinot noir, as well as white wines from Fetească Albă, Fetească Regală, and Welschriesling.
• At the base of the slope lies the rootstock plantation and the viticultural nursery for the area.

• In some years the phenomenon of botrytisation occurs — the attack of noble rot — leading to distinctive wines with an intense honey aroma that are prized by connoisseurs.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

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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