The vineyard areas extend across the southern slopes of hills reaching 250–300 m in altitude, in the eastern hilly zone of Oltenia.
Viticultural sites such as Valea Mare-Podgoria, Izvorani, Viișoara, Leordeni, and Costești are established on medium-podzolised brown and grey forest soils.
The soils in the area are clay-loam, reddish-brown forest soils, rich in limestone.
Human factors
Documents dated 1902 contain details regarding the tradition of grape harvesting dating back to the time of Constantin Brâncoveanu, as well as references to the voivode Matei Basarab, whose issued decrees supported growers in obtaining good harvests.
The Moldavian chronicler Miron Costin praised the wines from the Ștefănești vineyards in his writings, and in 1635 Paul of Aleppo made references in his travel writings to quality wines from Wallachia.
Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.
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Approximate area — the Bétard 2022 dataset polygon (EU PDOs), at municipality resolution.
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