Recaş

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The Banat-Crișana Plain is the westward continuation of the hills beneath the Zarand Mountains, at the edge of the great Pannonian Depression, and is divided into the high plain and the low plain.
• The sub-foothill zone of Recaș-Petrovaselo sits at elevations between 135 m and 180 m and is crossed by the drainage network descending from the Lipova Hills, an area with genuine viticultural vocation.
• The rainfall regime falls within the 608 mm isohyet, based on measurements recorded at the Recaș rain-gauge station over the period 1949–1995.
• The number of sunny days reaches 292, as most red varieties require high levels of sunshine — a resource this zone supplies generously.
• Skeletal soils have been put to good use with the Negru de Drăgășani variety, which found here edaphic conditions similar to those of the sub-Carpathian hills where it was bred by Romanian viticulture researchers.
• The terraced hills of Recaș-Izvin thrust out like a spur against the bank of the Bega river and the edge of the low Timiș Plain, forming a broad, terraced plateau with no sharply expressed outer boundaries in the relief.

• Harvesting of grapes for quality sparkling wines is often carried out at night in order to reduce processing time and to avoid cooling of the harvested berry mass.
• Some producers use for storage cellars built many years ago and brought to optimal working condition, in which the riddling racks used in the production of quality sparkling wines are also kept.
• Simple Guyot, double Guyot, or Guyot Poussard pruning systems are applied, chosen according to the plot's position on the slope or to the particular fruiting characteristics of the variety.

• Red wines produced on soils rich in iron oxides display a bright red colour and are very refined, with a distinctive personality.
• Still white wines have body and roundness, with aromas of green apple, fresh butter, and honey on slight ageing, developing notes of acacia honeycomb and linden on the finish.
• Still red wines offer aromas of plum, blackcurrant, and raspberry with restrained astringency, and develop with ageing a bouquet with notes of mint and coffee.
• The wines have a uniquely long and complex finish, punctuated here and there by mineral impressions of cold basalt and a friendly acidity.

• The alternation of high daytime temperatures with low night-time temperatures influences the composition of the cellular juice in the grapes, leading to a decrease in pH and an increase in acidity.

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-A0027
• Official trade body site — Oficiul Național al Viei și Produselor Vitivinicole (ONVPV) — DOC Recaş