The Chateau Cristi is one of the world's great estates. It offers 8 wines for sale in of Moldavie to come and discover on site or to buy online.
Looking for the best Chateau Cristi wines in Moldavie among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Chateau Cristi wines. Also find some food and wine pairings that may be suitable with the wines from this area. Learn more about the region and the Chateau Cristi wines with technical and enological descriptions.
How Chateau Cristi wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of home-made white pudding, tuna provencal style or quiche without pastry.
On the nose the white wine of Chateau Cristi. often reveals types of flavors of cream, oaky or citrus and sometimes also flavors of apples, peach or butter.
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.
How Chateau Cristi wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of adapted vietnamese fondue, shoulder of lamb with a spoon or scallops with coconut cream.
On the nose the red wine of Chateau Cristi. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of red fruit, vegetal or black fruit.
Originally from Bordeaux, Sauvignon, or Sauvignon Blanc, is reputed to be one of the best French grape varieties for white wine. It is a white grape variety, not to be confused with Sauvignon Gris and its pale yellow color, or with Cabernet Sauvignon which produces red wines. Particularly famous thanks to Sancerre, Sauvignon Blanc is cultivated as far as New Zealand, where it produces great wines whose reputation is well established.
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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.
