Sâmbureşti

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The Sâmburești winegrowing district is situated at 44°48" north latitude and 24°48" south longitude, 20 km east of the Drăgășani winegrowing district, in the transition zone between the Getic hills and the foothills of the Cotmeana Piedmont.
• The vineyards are located on the south-eastern slopes of the Sâmburești hills, at the foot of which flow the waters of the Cungrea Mare and Geamăna streams, tributaries of the Olt.
• The soils of the Sâmburești winegrowing district are predominantly loamy, loam-clay, and clay-loam in depth, at various stages of podzolisation.
• The soils have a significant iron content in the form of colloidal hydroxide, which upon dehydration has imparted them with an intense brownish-red or rusty colour.
• The mean annual temperature is 10.6°C, the overall heat summation ranges between 3,338.1 and 3,961.9°C, and annual rainfall exceeds 555.2 mm.

• The Sâmburești winegrowing district is renowned for the red wines produced from the varieties Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot noir, Merlot, and Burgund mare.

• The red wines of Sâmburești are austere and mildly untamed in the first months of their life, and through maturation in barrel and ageing in bottle they improve in quality.
• The red wines obtained from the ferruginous soils have a brilliant ruby-red colour; they are refined, with a distinctive personality characteristic of the Sâmburești DOC area.

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-A0282
• Official trade body site — Oficiul Național al Viei și Produselor Vitivinicole (ONVPV) — DOC Sâmbureşti