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Moldavian Wines | Wines from Muntenia and Oltenia
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Moldavian Wines

In Moldavia, the vines are covering more than 90,000 hectares, namely a third of the country’s viticultural area. Wine plantations are spread all along the province, starting from Botosani in the north down to Vrancea in the south as well as across the region, from the hillside area of the eastern Carpathians to the Prut River.

Following and descending from north to south on the viticultural map of Moldavia, we shall encounter several famous vineyards that we have mentioned in the preamble to our journey.

First and foremost, the Iasi County greets us with the Cotnari vineyard, where we shall be making our first stop. We also come across the Iasi vineyard, with its viticultural centers at Copou, Bucium, Uricani and Comama, as well as the independent viticultural centers of Plugari and Probota. Starting from the south of the county and crossing the Vaslui County, we travel across the vast Husi vineyard, with the viticultural centers of Bohotin, Averesti, Husi, Vutcani and Murgeni. The Colinele Tutovei vineyard is also located in Vaslui, including the centers of Iana, Tutova and Balabanesti (the latter is located in the Galati County).

In the Bacau County we shall come across the Zeletin vineyard, with vines from centers such as Zeletin, Dealul Morii, Paricea, Tanasoaia and Gohor. In the south-eastern Moldavia, the Galati County has turned into a major viticultural area, comprising four vineyards: Dealul Bujorului (with centers at Bujoru, Smulti, Oancea and Beresti); Nicoresti (the centers from Nicoresti and Buciumeni); Ivesti (the viticultural centers from Ivesti, Tecuci and Corod) and Covurlui (the viticultural centers from Baleni, Scanteiesti, Pechea and Smardan). Finally, in the south-west of Moldavia, near the Carpathian bend, we shall find the famous Vrancea vineyards, namely Odobesti, Panciu and Cotesti, which in their turn include several other reputed viticultural centers that we shall be talking about later on.

We shall not be able to visit all these places, not because it would not be worth the effort. It’s just that, with such a long way to go, we have to decide from the very beginning that we shall be stopping in Cotnari, then in Iasi, then on to Husi, Dealul Bujorului, Nicoresti and eventually in the Vrancea vineyards. It is an itinerary which will definitely give us an idea of the Moldavian wines, so highly acclaimed and put into songs.

MOLDOVA
Vineyard	Viticultural centre	County	Varieties
Vineyard	Viticultural centre	County	Recommended	Authorised
COTNARI	Cotnari	Iasi	Feteasca alba Francusa Grasa de Cotnari Tamaioasa romaneasca	Muscat Ottonel
	Harlau	Iasi	Feteasca alba Francusa Grasa de Cotnari Tamaioasa romaneasca	Chardonnay Muscat Ottonel Pinot gris Sauvignon
	Cucuteni	Iasi	Feteasca alba Francusa Grasa de Cotnari Tamaioasa romaneasca	Aligoté Chardonnay Muscat Ottonel Pinot gris Sauvignon
	Tg. Frumos	Iasi	Francusa Pinot gris Sauvignon Tamaioasa romaneasca	Chardonnay Feteasca neagra Muscat Ottonel
	Frumusica	Botosani	Aligoté Feteasca alba	Feteasca regala Muscat Ottonel
IASI	Copou	Iasi	Aligoté Feteasca alba Muscat Ottonel Sauvignon	Chardonnay Feteasca regala Pinot gris
	Bucium- Tomesti	Iasi	Aligoté Feteasca alba Muscat Ottonel Sauvignon	Chardonnay Feteasca regala Pinot gris
	Uricani	Iasi	Feteasca alba Feteasca neagra Pinot noir	Babeasca neagra Cabernet Sauvignon Oporto
	Comarna	Iasi	Aligoté Feteasca alba	Feteasca regala Muscat Ottonel
	Plugari	Iasi	Aligoté Feteasca alba	Feteasca regala Muscat Ottonel
	Probota	Iasi	Aligoté Feteasca alba	Feteasca regala Muscat Ottonel
-	Hlipicani	Botosani	Aligoté Feteasca alba	Feteasca regala Muscat Ottonel
HUSI	Husi	Vaslui	Busuioaca de Bohotin Feteasca alba Zghihara de Husi	Aligoté Feteasca regala Muscat Ottonel Riesling italian
	Averesti	Vaslui	Busuioaca de Bohotin Feteasca alba Zghihara de Husi	Aligoté Feteasca regala Muscat Ottonel Riesling italian
	Vutcani	Vaslui	Aligoté Cabernet Sauvignon Feteasca alba Feteasca neagra	Feteasca regala Merlot Muscat Ottonel Pinot noir Riesling italian
	Murgeni	Vaslui	Aligoté Cabernet Sauvignon Feteasca alba Feteasca neagra	Feteasca regala Merlot Muscat Ottonel Pinot noir Riesling italian
	Bohotin	Iasi, Vaslui	Busuioaca de Bohotin Babeasca neagra Cabernet Sauvignon Feteasca alba Pinot noir	Alicante Bouschet Aligoté Feteasca regala Merlot , Oporto Sauvignon, Zweigelt
-	Vaslui	Vaslui	Aligoté Feteasca alba Feteasca regala	Muscat Ottonel Zghihara de Husi
-	Bozieni	Neamt	Aligoté Feteasca alba	Muscat Ottonel
COLINELE TUTOVEI	Iana	Vaslui	Cabernet Sauvignon Feteasca alba Feteasca neagra Riesling italian	Aligoté Babeasca neagra Feteasca regala Merlot
	Tutova	Vaslui	Aligoté Feteasca alba Feteasca neagra	Babeasca neagra Feteasca regala Riesling italian
	Balabanesti	Galati	Aligoté Feteasca alba	Babeasca neagra Feteasca regala
DEALUL BUJORULUI	Bujoru	Galati	Cabernet Sauvignon Feteasca alba Feteasca neagra Merlot Riesling italian Sauvignon	Aligoté Babeasca neagra Feteasca regala Muscat Ottonel Sarba
	Smulti	Galati	Cabernet Sauvignon Feteasca alba Feteasca regala Feteasca neagra Merlot Riesling italian Sauvignon	Aligoté Babeasca neagra Muscat Ottonel Sarba
	Oancea	Galati	Cabernet Sauvignon Feteasca alba Feteasca neagra Merlot Riesling italian	Babeasca neagra Muscat Ottonel
	Beresti	Galati	Feteasca alba Feteasca regala Feteasca neagra Merlot Riesling italian	Aligoté Babeasca neagra Cabernet Sauvignon Muscat Ottonel
NICORESTI	Nicoresti	Galati	Cabernet Sauvignon Feteasca alba Feteasca neagra Riesling italian	Aligoté Babeasca neagra Feteasca regala Merlot
NICORESTI	Buciumeni	Galati	Aligoté Babeasca neagra Feteasca alba Feteasca neagra	Cabernet Sauvignon Feteasca regala Merlot Riesling italian
IVESTI	Ivesti	Galati	Aligoté Babeasca neagra Cabernet Sauvignon Feteasca regala	Feteasca neagra Merlot
	Tecuci	Galati	Aligoté Babeasca neagra Cabernet Sauvignon Feteasca regala	Feteasca neagra Merlot
	Corod	Galati	Aligoté Babeasca neagra Feteasca neagra Feteasca alba Merlot	Cabernet Sauvignon Feteasca regala Riesling italian
-	Grivita	Galati	Babeasca neagra Feteasca regala Riesling italian	Aligoté Feteasca alba
-	Namoloasa	Galati	Aligoté Babeasca neagra	Feteasca regala
COVURLUI	Baleni	Galati	Babeasca neagra Feteasca neagra Feteasca regala Merlot Riesling italian	Aligoté Cabernet Sauvignon Feteasca alba Muscat Ottonel
	Scanteiesti	Galati	Babeasca neagra Feteasca neagra Feteasca regala Merlot Riesling italian	Aligoté Cabernet Sauvignon Feteasca alba Muscat Ottonel
	Pechea	Galati	Babeasca neagra Feteasca neagra Feteasca regala Merlot Riesling italian	Aligoté Cabernet Sauvignon Feteasca alba Muscat Ottonel
	Smirdan	Galati	Babeasca neagra Feteasca neagra Feteasca regala Merlot Riesling italian	Aligoté Cabernet Sauvignon Feteasca alba Muscat Ottonel
	Racaciuni	Bacau	Feteasca alba Feteasca regala	Aligoté Muscat Ottonel Riesling italian
ZELETIN	Zeletin	Bacau	Feteasca alba Feteasca regala Pinot gris Riesling italian Sauvignon	Aligoté Muscat Ottonel
	Dealul Morii	Bacau	Feteasca alba Feteasca regala Riesling italian	Aligoté Muscat Ottonel Pinot gris
	Parincea	Bacau	Feteasca alba Feteasca regala Riesling italian	Aligoté Muscat Ottonel Pinot gris
	Tanasoaia	Vrancea	Feteasca alba Feteasca regala Riesling italian	Aligoté Muscat Ottonel Pinot gris
	Gohor	Galati	Babeasca neagra Feteasca alba Feteasca regala Merlot Riesling italian	Aligoté Cabernet Sauvignon Feteasca neagra Muscat Ottonel
PANCIU	Panciu	Vrancea	Chardonnay Feteasca alba Feteasca neagra Pinot gris Pinot noir Riesling italian	Aligoté Babeasca neagra Feteasca regala Merlot Muscat Ottonel
	Tifesti	Vrancea	Babeasca neagra Feteasca alba Feteasca neagra Merlot Pinot gris Riesling italian	Aligoté Feteasca regala Muscat Ottonel Riesling italian
	Paunesti	Vrancea	Feteasca alba Feteasca regala Pinot gris Plavaie	Aligoté Muscat Ottonel Riesling italian
ODOBESTI	Odobesti	Vrancea	Feteasca alba Feteasca neagra Merlot Plavaie Riesling italian Sauvignon	Alicante Bouschet Aligoté Feteasca regala Galbena de Odobesti Sarba
	Jaristea	Vrancea	Feteasca alba Feteasca regala Feteasca neagra Merlot Pinot gris Plavaie Riesling italian Sauvignon	Alicante Bouschet Aligoté Galbena de Odobesti Sarba
	Bolotesti	Vrancea	Feteasca alba Feteasca regala Plavaie	Aligoté Galbena de Odobesti Riesling italian
COTESTI	Cotesti	Vrancea	Babeasca neagra Cabernet Sauvignon Feteasca alba Feteasca regala Feteasca neagra Pinot noir Sauvignon	Aligoté Merlot Muscat Ottonel
	Tîmboiesti	Vrancea	Babeasca neagra Cabernet Sauvignon Feteasca alba Feteasca regala Feteasca neagra Riesling italian Sauvignon	Aligoté Merlot Muscat Ottonel
	Carligele	Vrancea	Babeasca neagra Cabernet Sauvignon Feteasca alba Feteasca regala Feteasca neagra Pinot noir Riesling italian Sauvignon	Aligoté Merlot Muscat Ottonel
	Vartescoiu	Vrancea	Cabernet Sauvignon Feteasca alba Feteasca neagra Pinot noir Riesling italian Sauvignon	Aligoté Feteasca regala Merlot Muscat Ottonel Plavaie