Segarcea

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The Segarcea winegrowing area is situated on the interfluve between the Jiu and Desnățui rivers, in the Segarcea Plain, part of the Desnățui Plain within the Oltenia Plain.
• The highest points of the area are Dealul Viilor at 151.7 m and Dealul Robului at 150.3 m, lying between the 100 m and 150 m contour lines.
• The soils of the Segarcea winegrowing area are typical cambic chernozems, eroded cambic chernozems, and erosional soils on slopes.
• The parent lithological material consists of loess-like deposits of silty-clayey texture of Pleistocene age, and sandy loams rich in carbonates of alluvial and colluvial origin.
• The climate is temperate-continental with slight Mediterranean influences, with a long-term mean annual temperature of 11.6 °C and annual rainfall of 565 mm, of which 281 mm falls during the growing season.

• The cultivation of vines and the production of wine at Segarcea are documented from 1557, in a deed by which Pătrașcu cel Bun granted the lands of Segarcea to his daughter Maria.
• The Segarcea winegrowing centre was recognised by Decree of the Council of Ministers of 25 May 1929, alongside 27 other winegrowing centres in Romania, as having the right to produce wines with a controlled designation of origin.

• The white wines display a pale yellow appearance with greenish hues, with intense aromas of freshly blossomed white acacia flowers, herbaceous notes and elderflower, exotic fruits, and peach.
• The red wines show a nose dominated by fruits such as cherry, raspberry, and strawberry, or by spice, while on the palate they present a balance between fruity notes and sweet wood, with round, well-integrated tannins.

• Most of the winegrowing soils have a high calcium carbonate content and are rich in iron oxides, resulting in red wines of a bright ruby colour that are very refined, with a distinctive personality.

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

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Sources

• Specification (EUR-Lex, single document)
• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-RO-A1214
• Official trade body site — Oficiul Național al Viei și Produselor Vitivinicole (ONVPV) — DOC Segarcea