The native varieties
Native grapes,
one country.
Romania's indigenous grape varieties have no close relatives anywhere in the wine world. Click any to read its portrait.
The dark side
Red grapes
Deep, structured, native — Romania's red identity. From the ageworthy Fetească Neagră to the rare Burebista-era Băbească.
Fetească Neagră
The jewel — a 2000-year-old red. Plum, blackberry, black pepper, structure for the long haul.
Read the portrait → NDNegru de Drăgășani
Modern Oltenian cross — Saperavi & forgotten Negru Vârtos. Black cherry, spice, oak-friendly.
Read the portrait → NVNovac
A deep Oltenian red — blackberry, spice, structure for the long haul.
Read the portrait → BNBăbească neagră
Ancient Moldovan red — light, perfumed, food-friendly. Praised by Cardinal Richelieu.
Read the portrait → CDCadarcă
Western Transylvanian heritage — was the favourite red of the Austro-Hungarian emperor.
Read the portrait →The bright side
White grapes
Aromatic, mineral, crisp — Romania's native whites span from the noble Cotnari classics to the salty hillside whites of Huși and the Crișana plains.
Fetească albă
The classic white — soft, floral, easy. The everyday companion of Romanian tables.
Read the portrait → FRFetească regală
A 1930s Transylvanian cross — Romania's most planted white, easy and bright.
Read the portrait → GCGrasă de Cotnari
The Cotnari noble white — late harvest, honey, quince, ageworthy by design.
Read the portrait → TMTămâioasă românească
The "incense" aromatic — rose, basil, beeswax. Dry, off-dry or noble-sweet.
Read the portrait → CSCrâmpoșie selecționată
Drăgășani's crisp white — green apple, white flowers, vibrant acidity.
Read the portrait → SBȘarba
A modern aromatic white — peach, elderflower, Moldovan crispness.
Read the portrait → MMMustoasă de Măderat
A rare crisp white from the western Crișana hills — lemon zest and salt.
Read the portrait → ZGZghihara
A bright Moldovan white from Huși — lemon peel, salty finish, summer-ready.
Read the portrait →The pink side
Rosé
Romania's singular rosé grape — Busuioacă de Bohotin yields a pink wine with the perfume of basil and Turkish delight, unlike anything else in the wine world.