Region 04
The Crișana Hills & Maramureș
The north-western frontier — wine making shaped by the West European style. Austro-Hungarian emperors preferred wines from Crișana and Maramureș.
The land
Located in the north-west part of Romania, the wine making here was influenced by the West European style. Austro-Hungarian emperors preferred the wines from Crișana and Maramureș.
There are two DOC areas in the region: Miniș and Crișana.
It is the place where grapes like Cadarcă and Mustoasă de Măderat are mostly produced.
From the cellar
Meet the makers
At the third generation of vine-growers, our family manages over 40 hectares of vineyards. Vines grown with great passion, carefully selected grapes and cutting-edge technologies ensure that our wines are of the highest quality and portray the typicity of Crișana's limestone, clay and loess-dominated terroir.
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Our wines have a specific personality — the reds are intensely coloured, pleasantly velvety, fine and fruity, marked by the terroir of Miniș. We use classic winemaking technologies with the concept of minimal intervention, without selected yeasts, at controlled temperature, followed by maturation in large and small barrels.
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Carastelec Sparkling Winery is the first investment in Romania aimed at producing mostly sparkling and semi-sparkling wines. This "natural amphitheatre" near the village, on the top of a slope, is a real treasure hill — its specific microclimate chosen by Tibor Gál, one of Hungary's leading oenologists, years ago.
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