The Winery Carpe Diem of Moldavie

Winery Carpe Diem - Bad Boys
The winery offers 15 different wines
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Its wines get an average rating of 3.9.
It is ranked in the top 20 of the estates of Moldavie.
It is located in Moldavie

The Winery Carpe Diem is one of the world's great estates. It offers 15 wines for sale in of Moldavie to come and discover on site or to buy online.

Top Winery Carpe Diem wines

Looking for the best Winery Carpe Diem wines in Moldavie among all the wines in the region? Check out our tops of the best red, white or effervescent Winery Carpe Diem 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 Carpe Diem wines with technical and enological descriptions.

The top red wines of Winery Carpe Diem

Food and wine pairings with a red wine of Winery Carpe Diem

How Winery Carpe Diem wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or veal such as recipes of lamb skewers, leg of lamb bravado in the oven or roast veal with black olives.

Organoleptic analysis of red wines of Winery Carpe Diem

On the nose the red wine of Winery Carpe Diem. often reveals types of flavors of non oak, earth or oak and sometimes also flavors of spices, red fruit or black fruit.

The best vintages in the red wines of Winery Carpe Diem

  • 2006With an average score of 4.40/5
  • 2016With an average score of 4.12/5
  • 2015With an average score of 4.03/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.84/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.70/5
  • 2013With an average score of 3.40/5

The grape varieties most used in the red wines of Winery Carpe Diem.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Feteasca Neagra
  • Merlot
  • Pinot Noir
  • Băbească Neagră

Discovering the wine region of Moldavie

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.

The top pink wines of Winery Carpe Diem

Food and wine pairings with a pink wine of Winery Carpe Diem

How Winery Carpe Diem wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of beef, lamb or spicy food such as recipes of dombrés and pig tails, traditional lamb couscous (from algeria) or royal couscous.

The grape varieties most used in the pink wines of Winery Carpe Diem.

  • Cabernet Sauvignon

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.

The top white wines of Winery Carpe Diem

Food and wine pairings with a white wine of Winery Carpe Diem

How Winery Carpe Diem wines pair with each other generally quite well with dishes of pork, rich fish (salmon, tuna etc) or vegetarian such as recipes of croque madame, tuna and goat cheese pie or light tuna-tomato quiche (without cream).

Organoleptic analysis of white wines of Winery Carpe Diem

On the nose the white wine of Winery Carpe Diem. often reveals types of flavors of earth, vegetal or tree fruit and sometimes also flavors of citrus fruit, floral or tropical fruit.

The best vintages in the white wines of Winery Carpe Diem

  • 2015With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2006With an average score of 3.90/5
  • 2014With an average score of 3.85/5
  • 2019With an average score of 3.80/5
  • 2017With an average score of 3.63/5
  • 2016With an average score of 3.39/5

The grape varieties most used in the white wines of Winery Carpe Diem.

  • Feteasca Regala
  • Feteasca Alba
  • Chardonnay
  • Viorica

The word of the wine: Thick

Said of a heavy, pasty wine lacking in finesse.

Discover other wineries and winemakers neighboring the Winery Carpe Diem

Planning a wine route in the of Moldavie? Here are the wineries to visit and the winemakers to meet during your trip in search of wines similar to Winery Carpe Diem.

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.

News about Winery Carpe Diem and wines from the region

Rhône 2020: best-value wines

In his Rhône 2020 vintage report Matt Walls found fresh, vibrant and deliciously drinkable wines across the Northern and Southern appellations, with many wines being approachable now. Given that many wines won’t last as long as previous vintages such as 2016, 2017 and 2019, this could make the 2020s great value picks for immediate drinking. Scroll down to see Matt’s best-value Rhône 2020 tasting notes and scores Walls noted that this is the freshest vintage for whites since 2014, so lovers ...

Champagne still fizzing on fine wine market in 2022

Champagne prices jumped on vintages of several prestige cuvée labels in 2021 and the sector’s momentum on the fine wine market continued to appear strong in the first quarter of 2022. Louis Roederer’s Cristal has been particularly in demand and its newly released Cristal 2014 vintage was ‘selling like hot cakes’, according to a Bordeaux Index report on Champagne’s market performance – published last month. Bollinger’s La Grande Année 2014 has also sold quickly on release, said ...

Decanter Fine Wine Encounter makes its New York debut

Decanter held its first US event a few days ago – a Fine Wine Encounter featuring some 50 highly prestigious names who brought their most iconic bottles, four expert masterclasses and a chance to sample a selection of DWWA award-winning wines. The venue was Manhatta, a restaurant and events space in New York’s Financial District, which has the advantage of being on the 60th floor, affording jaw-dropping views across the city and the rivers, with a birds-eye view of the Statue of Liberty and a ra ...

The word of the wine: Thick

Said of a heavy, pasty wine lacking in finesse.