Looking for a good wine of Transylvania among the top wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent wines of Transylvania. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be appropriate with these exceptional wines. Learn more about the region and the wines of Transylvania with technical and enological descriptions.
Want to buy a red wine of Transylvania cheap or sell a red wine of Transylvania 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.
Red wines from the region of Transylvania go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of sauté of veal with chorizo, special' tagliatelle carbonara or civet of wild boar.
On the nose the red wine of the region of Transylvania. often reveals types of flavors of black fruit, black cherries or plum and sometimes also flavors of pepper, non oak or earth.
Romania is located at the geographical crossroads between Central and South-Eastern Europe. The Romanian wine industry uses a wide range of indigenous and international red and white Grape varieties.
Both vinifera and American grape species are present here, as well as a number of hybrids. The latter are chosen for their resistance to varying Climates.
The Fetească white grape varieties (the two variants Fetească Regală and Alba) are the most widely planted in Romania. They account for a significant portion of the country's white wine production. Romanian "Riesling" is more likely to be Welschriesling than true Rhenish Riesling. Gewurztraminer, Pinot Gris, Muscat (Ottonel) and Sauvignon Blanc are reliably identifiable.
As far as red wines are concerned, the great Bordeaux classics Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot are planted in large numbers in Romanian vineyards and together account for about 20,000 hectares (50,000 acres). Other well-known reds include Pinot Noir and Blaufrankisch (Kekfrankos/Lemberger). Fetească Neagră makes its home in the eastern Part of the country, in the province of Moldova (or Moldavia), on the border with the country of the same name.
With Ukraine to the North and Bulgaria to the south, Romania is clearly a country with Slavic influences.
Want to buy a white wine of Transylvania cheap or sell a white wine of Transylvania 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.
White wines from the region of Transylvania go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, shellfish or poultry such as recipes of meatballs catalan style, armorican-style squid or wiener schnitzel or viennese schnitzel.
On the nose the white wine of the region of Transylvania. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, citrus or peach and sometimes also flavors of minerality, lemon or grass.
A wine route planned in the region of Transylvania? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best white wine of Transylvania.
Want to buy a sparkling wine of Transylvania cheap or sell a sparkling wine of Transylvania 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.
Sparkling wines from the region of Transylvania go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of pljeskavica (balkan hamburger), rougail sausage or wild boar, roe deer or doe leg.
On the nose the sparkling wine of the region of Transylvania. often reveals types of flavors of tree fruit, non oak or earth and sometimes also flavors of microbio, vegetal or oak.
A wine route planned in the region of Transylvania? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sparkling wine of Transylvania.
Said of a wine that is harmonious and smooth, offering no harshness in the mouth.
Want to buy a pink wine of Transylvania cheap or sell a pink wine of Transylvania 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.
Pink wines from the region of Transylvania go well with generally quite well with dishes of veal, pork or game (deer, venison) such as recipes of veal paupiettes with white wine, pasta "carbonara" à la française or wild boar leg of 7 hours.
A wine route planned in the region of Transylvania? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best pink wine of Transylvania.
A very old variety native to Romania, found much more in Romanian Moldavia and Wallachia, almost unknown in France, but registered in the Official Catalogue of Wine Grape Varieties, list A2. According to Viala and Vermorel, it is the black form of feteasca alba. It should not be confused with feteasca regala.
Want to buy a sweet wine of Transylvania cheap or sell a sweet wine of Transylvania 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.
Sweet wines from the region of Transylvania go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or mature and hard cheese such as recipes of congolese pondu, lobster barbecue or fusillis natalias.
On the nose the sweet wine of the region of Transylvania. often reveals types of flavors of pineapple, tropical or citrus and sometimes also flavors of apples, peach or apricot.
A wine route planned in the region of Transylvania? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of the best sweet wine of Transylvania.
Wine aromas reminiscent of game (fur, leather, hare's belly).
