The best wines of Moldavie

Discover the best wines of Moldavie as well as the best winemakers of Moldavie and estates of Moldavie to visit. Explore the popular grape varieties of Moldavie and the best vintages to taste in this region.

Top wines of Moldavie by region

Looking for a good wine of Moldavie among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Moldavie. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Moldavie with technical and enological descriptions.

Great red wines of Moldavie

See the top 100 best red wines of Moldavie

Want to buy a red wine of Moldavie cheap or sell a red wine of Moldavie at the best price on the market? Find out which ones are popular and which ones to keep in your cellar for a few more years.

Food and wine pairing with a red wine of Moldavie

Red wines from the region of Moldavie go well with generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of borscht (russia), lamb stew from my mum or lamb tagine with prunes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wine of Moldavie

On the nose the red wine of the region of Moldavie. often reveals types of flavors of cream, citrus fruit or prune and sometimes also flavors of cinnamon, cheese or dark fruit.

The best vintages in red wine of Moldavie

  • 2013With an average score of 4.38/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.32/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.32/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.30/5
  • 2012With an average score of 4.29/5

The most used grape varieties in red wine of Moldavie

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Saperavi
  • Băbească Neagră
  • Feteasca Neagra
  • Shiraz/Syrah

Discovering the wine region of Moldavie

Moldova is a landlocked country in Eastern Europe, one of many former Soviet states in that region. It is separated from the western shores of the Black Sea by the province of Odessa in Southern Ukraine and Lies just North of Romania and Bulgaria). Moldova gained independence from Russia in 1991. It is now officially called the Republic of Moldova.

The BordeauxGrape varieties Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot have made their way into all Moldovan wine regions. As in many other regions, they have been grown with some success. Similarly, their Burgundian counterparts, Pinot Noir and Chardonnay, are also present in Moldovan wines, as are German Riesling and light Italian-style Pinot Grigio. Grape varieties of more local origin are rather backward.

These include Feteasca Neagra, a red grape, and the unrelated light-skinned Feteasca Alba. In Moldova, the latter has often been confused with Feteasca Regala. These varieties translate into Black Maiden, White Maiden and Royal Maiden respectively. Rara Neagra is another dark-skinned variety that sometimes appears on export markets.

Great white wines of Moldavie

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Food and wine pairing with a white wine of Moldavie

White wines from the region of Moldavie go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) such as recipes of mouse of lamb with thyme, beef tagine with vegetables or toasted bagel with smoked salmon.

Organoleptic analysis of white wine of Moldavie

On the nose the white wine of the region of Moldavie. often reveals types of flavors of citrus, vegetal or pear and sometimes also flavors of stone, stone fruit or straw.

The best vintages in white wine of Moldavie

  • 2008With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2010With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2020With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.10/5
  • 2019With an average score of 4.08/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.06/5

The most used grape varieties in white wine of Moldavie

  • Chardonnay
  • Riesling
  • Feteasca Regala
  • Traminer
  • Viorica
  • Pinot Grigio

Discover the grape variety: Chardonnay

The white Chardonnay is a grape variety that originated in France (Burgundy). It produces a variety of grape specially used for wine making. It is rare to find this grape to eat on our tables. This variety of grape is characterized by small bunches, and small grapes. White Chardonnay can be found in many vineyards: South West, Burgundy, Jura, Languedoc & Roussillon, Cognac, Bordeaux, Beaujolais, Savoie & Bugey, Loire Valley, Champagne, Rhone Valley, Armagnac, Lorraine, Alsace, Provence & Corsica.

Great sparkling wines of Moldavie

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Food and wine pairing with a sparkling wine of Moldavie

Sparkling wines from the region of Moldavie go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of axoa from espelette ( 22nd meeting ), magic cake cheese quiche or duck breast with honey.

Organoleptic analysis of sparkling wine of Moldavie

On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Moldavie. often reveals types of flavors of earth, tree fruit or citrus fruit and sometimes also flavors of non oak, microbio or oak.

The best vintages in sparkling wine of Moldavie

  • 2007With an average score of 4.35/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2009With an average score of 3.94/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.93/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.88/5

The most used grape varieties in sparkling wine of Moldavie

  • Chardonnay
  • Pinot Noir
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Lacrima
  • Feteasca Neagra
  • Muscat Blanc

The word of the wine: R-M (champagne)

Harvesting and handling. It is the artisan winemaker. He elaborates his own champagne, often a monocru representative of the village or the surrounding villages.

Great pink wines of Moldavie

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Food and wine pairing with a pink wine of Moldavie

Pink wines from the region of Moldavie go well with generally quite well with dishes of lamb, veal or pork such as recipes of leg of lamb with baked potatoes, tanjia or gratin of coquillettes with ham.

Organoleptic analysis of pink wine of Moldavie

On the nose the pink wine of the region of Moldavie. often reveals types of flavors of oaky, blackberry or plum and sometimes also flavors of pepper, non oak or earth.

The best vintages in pink wine of Moldavie

  • 2019With an average score of 4.05/5
  • 2017With an average score of 4.00/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.99/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.95/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2010With an average score of 3.80/5

The most used grape varieties in pink wine of Moldavie

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Merlot
  • Feteasca Neagra
  • Shiraz/Syrah
  • Malbec
  • Montepulciano

Discover the grape variety: Pinot blanc

Pinot Blanc is a grape variety that originated in Burgundy, mutated from Pinot Gris. Today, it is grown in Alsace where it is called klevner when blended with auxerrois. The continental climate, with its cold winters and hot summers, is particularly suited to pinot blanc. It is resistant to frost in winter and in summer, the roots draw the minerals it needs from the warm soil. Its bunches are made up of small berries with thick skins and melting pulp that produce fruity, spicy wines, balanced between acidity and alcohol. pinot blanc is also used for crémants and sparkling wines. Pinot Blanc is also used for Crémant and sparkling wines. It is widely grown in Italy, where it covers almost 7,000 hectares, and is also found in Germany, Austria, Canada and South Africa.

Great sweet wines of Moldavie

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Food and wine pairing with a sweet wine of Moldavie

Sweet wines from the region of Moldavie go well with generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of simmered pork cheeks with cream sauce and dijon mustard, wild salmon with verbena steam or quiche with bacon and gruyère cheese.

Organoleptic analysis of sweet wine of Moldavie

On the nose the sweet wine of the region of Moldavie. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, floral or non oak and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, dried fruit or red fruit.

The best vintages in sweet wine of Moldavie

  • 1986With an average score of 4.50/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.41/5
  • 2018With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2005With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2014With an average score of 4.23/5
  • 2011With an average score of 4.18/5

The most used grape varieties in sweet wine of Moldavie

  • Traminer
  • Muscat Ottonel
  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Riesling
  • Muscat Blanc
  • Chardonnay

The word of the wine: Silky

Said of a caressing wine with extremely fine tannins.

Great natural sweet wines of Moldavie

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Food and wine pairing with a natural-sweet wine of Moldavie

Natural sweet wines from the region of Moldavie go well with generally quite well with dishes such as recipes .

The best vintages in natural-sweet wine of Moldavie

  • 2008With an average score of 3.00/5

Discover the grape variety: Saperavi

Originally from Georgia - Kakhetie region - where it has been cultivated for a long time. This variety is found in many countries such as Russia, Bulgaria, the Caucasus and Crimean republics, etc. Care should be taken not to confuse it with others, which are admittedly quite similar, but which bear the name Saperavi, generally followed by another name. In France, the "real Saperavi" is practically unknown, it is however registered since November 2012 in the Official Catalogue of wine grape varieties list A1.

News from the vineyard of Moldavie

Burgundy: MSc course in sustainable wine tourism launches

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DO Penedès announces the first “Vi de Mas” wines

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Walls: My top 10 Rhône wines of the year 2021

Of all the columns I’ve written this year, this one should have been the easiest to write: open my tasting notes file, sort by year 2021, sort by score, select the top ten highest scoring wines, copy and paste. Go to the pub. But it’s not that simple. Some wines are technically perfect and undeniably excellent, wines I respect greatly that deserve their high scores – but on a personal level, they leave me a little cold. Scroll down to see tasting notes and scores for Matt Walls’ top ...

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