Terasele Dunării

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The dominant landform is the terrace, with transitions to successive terraces occurring via south-facing slopes free of erosion processes.
• The Danube Terrace System was formed through the accumulation of loess-like deposits and the continuous uplift of the Burnaz Plain.
• The relief consists of flat terrace surfaces, slopes, and terrace scarps facing the Danube valleys, including a plain area colonised by wind-rippled aeolian sands.
• The region has a transitional temperate-continental or excessively temperate-continental climate, with a high thermal balance and large air temperature ranges.
• The wind regime is dominated in both intensity and frequency by north-easterly winds, followed by winds from the east, south-west, and west.
• Local soils are clay-sandy chernozems of deluvial and proluvial origin.
• Mean annual sunshine duration is around 2,250 hours, with an energy input of approximately 127 kcal/cm² per year.

• White wines display aromas of autumn fruits and vanilla, with tropical fruit and fresh butter notes when aged in oak barrels, while young wines show pronounced freshness and fruitiness.
• Red wines have intensity, and barrel ageing imparts herbaceous aromas that can evolve towards a bouquet of vanilla, chocolate, and spice notes with extended maturation.
• Rosé wines offer the fresh aroma of wild berries, a pale pink, medium pink, or pale salmon colour, and a light texture, being vinified most often as dry, off-dry, or medium-sweet wines.

• The south-facing aspect of the slopes provides optimal heat and light resources, promoting the development of fruity and floral aromas and the retention of palate freshness in young wines.

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 PGI-RO-A1077
• Official trade body site — Oficiul Național al Viei și Produselor Vitivinicole (ONVPV) — IG Terasele Dunării