Sâmbureşti

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• Loamy-clayey, brun-roșcat soils with a high content of colloidal iron — characteristic of quality red wines.
• The area lies in the transition zone between the Getic hills and the Cotmeana Piedmont, formed to the south of the Southern Carpathians.
• South-west-facing slopes bathed in sunlight, at whose foot flow the Cungrea Mare and Geamăna rivers, tributaries of the Olt.
• Overall heat summation between 3,338.1 and 3,961.9 °C; effective heat summation between 1,526 and 2,439.8 °C — indices favourable for viticulture.
• Sandy-loam soils absorb daytime heat and release it at night, promoting the slow maturation of sugars in the grapes.

• Podgoria Sâmbureşti is renowned for its red wines, especially Cabernet Sauvignon, matured in barrels and aged in bottle.
• Red wines from ferruginous soils acquire a brilliant ruby-red colour and a distinctive personality through maturation.

• Cabernet Sauvignon: robustness, vigour, firm character; young wines are austere and untamed, then round out through barrel maturation and bottle ageing.
• Red wines grown on ferruginous soils display a brilliant ruby-red colour, finesse, and a pronounced personality specific to the area.

• The ferruginous soils (brun-roșcat, with colloidal iron hydroxide) impart to red wines a brilliant ruby-red colour and a distinctive personality.

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