The Winery La Cetate of Dealurile Olteniei

Winery La Cetate - Chardonnay
The winery offers 13 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.7.
This estate is part of the Crama Oprişor.
It is ranked in the top 23 of the estates of Dealurile Olteniei.
It is located in Dealurile Olteniei

The Winery La Cetate is one of the world's great estates. It offers 13 wines for sale in of Dealurile Olteniei to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery La Cetate wines

Looking for the best Winery La Cetate wines in Dealurile Olteniei among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery La Cetate 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 Winery La Cetate wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top white wines of Winery La Cetate

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery La Cetate

How Winery La Cetate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of special' tagliatelle carbonara, summer tuna quiche or leek, goat cheese and bacon quiche.

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery La Cetate

On the nose the white wine of Winery La Cetate. often reveals types of flavors of grapefruit, non oak or tropical fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, spices or tree fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery La Cetate

  • 2019With an average score of 3.96/5
  • 2020With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2011With an average score of 3.79/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.77/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.75/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.68/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery La Cetate.

  • Chardonnay
  • Sauvignon Blanc
  • Tamaioasa Romaneasca

Discovering the wine region of Dealurile Olteniei

IG Dealurile Olteniei (Oltenia Hills) is a wine producing area (Geographical Indication) covering the five counties of the region of Oltenia in Southwest Romania. A broad selection of international and Romanian Grape varieties are cultivated. Key grape varieties grown: White: Chardonnay, Feteasca Alba, Feteasca Regala, Pinot Gris, Riesling Italiano (Welschriesling), Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Muscat Ottonel, Tamaioasa Romaneasca, Pink Tamaioasa, Cramposie Selectionata, Ugni Blanc, Viognier Red and rosé: Cabernet Sauvignon, Feteasca Neagra, Merlot, Negru de Dragasani, Novac, Pinot Noir, Syrah, Babeasca Neagra, Dornfelder, Sangiovese, Zinfandel, Marselan, Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Cabernet Franc The Climate here is temperate-continental, with hot summers and Warm autumns which aid grape ripening. Vineyards are located on Open slopes and ampitheatres which a range of exposures from south to west.

One of the main producers is Crama Oprisor Winery, located in Mehedinti, with around 250 hectares (620 acres) of vineyards. This is owned by the German firm Reh Kendermann, and produces the Val Duna brand. Mehedinti DOC Lies within the boundaries of Oltenia and the IG Dealurile Olteniei zone. Within the DOC the IG designation (essentially equivalent to a French IGP) is used for various wines, due to more relaxed rules regarding production and vineyard location.

Winemaking history in Dealurile Oltenie Archaeological finds have shown that viticulture and winemaking has been present in what is now Oltenia since at least the first century BC. However from the Middle Ages until the 19th century they area was very much a theatre of war and Center of revolution, as a focus of conflict between the Austro-Hungarian and Ottoman Empires. Furthermore, from the 1860s the region’s vineyards were decimated by Phylloxera. Some local varieties were irretrievably lost.

The top red wines of Winery La Cetate

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery La Cetate

How Winery La Cetate wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of simple baked roast beef, saddle of lamb stuffed with chicken breast and basil or marinade for chicken brochettes.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery La Cetate

On the nose the red wine of Winery La Cetate. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or microbio and sometimes also flavors of vegetal, oak or tree fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery La Cetate

  • 2017With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.76/5
  • 2018With an average score of 3.72/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2015With an average score of 3.67/5
  • 2012With an average score of 3.67/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery La Cetate.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Feteasca Neagra
  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir
  • Shiraz/Syrah

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.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery La Cetate

Planning a wine route in the of Dealurile Olteniei? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery La Cetate.

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.

News about Winery La Cetate and wines from the region

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The word of the wine: Generic

A term that can have several meanings, but often designates a branded wine as opposed to a wine from a vineyard or château, sometimes abused to designate regional appellations (e.g. Bordeaux, Burgundy, etc.).