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 endives au gratin without béchamel sauce, leek and salmon lasagna or light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream).
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.
Ancestral vineyard with identity grapes. Fetească Neagră, great Moldovan red reference: deep with notes of ripe plum, black cherry, spice and tobacco, melted tannins. Lighter, more floral Rară Neagră (Băbească). Dense tinctorial Saperavi.
Fresh, floral Fetească Albă and Regală whites (apple, linden), aromatic Viorică. Also Cabernet and Chardonnay. ~110,000 ha between Romania and Ukraine, continental climate. Renowned value, reviving thousand-year-old tradition.
How Chateau Cristi wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of beef pot au feu (grandma's style), lamb marinated in white wine or lamb shoulder confit.
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.
Deep, velvety reds with an intense purple colour, showing aromas of blackberry, black plum, violet, cocoa and gentle spice. Round tannins, fleshy palate, peppery length. Star of Cahors AOC (Côt, Auxerrois) in France and the absolute signature of Mendoza, Argentina (Uco Valley, Luján de Cuyo). A French South-West variety that became the Argentine emblem after its post-phylloxera decline.
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Very expressive, lively aromatic whites with a pale golden colour, crisp palate with fresh acidity, signature aromas of citrus (grapefruit, lime), exotic fruits (passion fruit), boxwood, blackcurrant bud and mineral notes (flint). Star of Sancerre AOC, Pouilly-Fumé AOC and Pessac-Léognan AOC, defines the great whites of the Loire and Bordeaux. French white variety from Bordeaux and the Loire, exported to New Zealand, South Africa and Chile.
