Winery HalewoodPrahova Valley Special Reserve Feteasca Neagra
Red wine
This wine generally goes well with
Wine flavors and olphactive analysis
On the nose the Prahova Valley Special Reserve Feteasca Neagra of Winery Halewood in the region of Dealu Mare often reveals types of flavors of oaky, strawberries or chocolate and sometimes also flavors of non oak, earth or microbio.
Details and technical informations about Winery Halewood's Prahova Valley Special Reserve Feteasca Neagra.
Discover the grape variety: Feteasca neagra
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.
Last vintages of this wine
The best vintages of Prahova Valley Special Reserve Feteasca Neagra from Winery Halewood are 2008, 2010, 2015, 2014 and 2018.
Informations about the Winery Halewood
The Winery Halewood is one of of the world's great estates. It offers 95 wines for sale in the of Dealu Mare to come and discover on site or to buy online.
The wine region of Dealu Mare
Dealu Mare DOC is a wine region located in the southern Part of Romania in Prahova and Buzau counties. It’s latitude of 45° compares with Bordeaux and Tuscany, and is one of the countries most highly regarded DOCs, especially for its red wines. The Vineyard zone stretches for 65 kilometers (40 miles) across the southern Carpathian Hills (Dealu Mare translates as Big Hill). Its width ranges from 3 to 12 kilometers (2-7.
The word of the wine: Muscat blanc à petits grains
A white grape variety cultivated since antiquity on the shores of the Mediterranean, it is considered the noblest of the muscats. It is mainly used to make sweet wines, often from mutage. In France, it is the sole variety used in many natural sweet wines: muscat-de-frontignan, muscat-de-mireval, muscat-de-lunel, muscat-de-saint-jean-de-minervois, muscat-de-beaumes-de-venise, muscat-du-cap-corse. Combined with Muscat d'Alexandrie, it gives Muscat-de-Rivesaltes. It is also used to make sparkling white wines (clairette-de-die; moscato d'asti and asti spumante in Italy) and dry wines (alsace-muscat). Powerfully aromatic and complex, its wines evoke fresh grapes, roses, exotic fruits, citrus fruits and spices.
