2017
Alba Valahica
Fetească Albă
A warm, dry year. A small, concentrated crop.
- Rainfall
- 575 mm
- Mean temperature
- 11.2 °C
- Sunshine
- 2240 h
- Harvest
- Aug–Sep
Vintage figures are illustrative. On the live site they come from the CMS, with each year’s technical sheet and awards.
Winemaking and ageing
A capricious grape that only gives this wine in years when it reaches full ripeness. The aim is a clear expression of terroir, with complex aromas from ageing on fine lees.
Direct pressing, static settling in stainless steel at 8–10 °C, seven days of cold stabulation, then spontaneous fermentation at 18–21 °C with no added yeast. A third of the volume ferments in 10 hl wood on its second use. “Zero-zero” winemaking on additives, very low SO₂. Three weeks of fermentation, six months of bâtonnage on fine lees.
- Range
- Valahica
- Grapes
- Fetească Albă
- Style
- White
- Origin
- Ceptura · Dealu Mare · Romania
- Serve at
- 10–12 °C
- Vintages
- 2014 · 2016 · 2017
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