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The Cotnari vineyard is part of the wine-growing region of Moldavia’s Plateau, being one of Europe’s most famous vineyards, with a history of about 2,000 years and an area of 1,750 hectares, combining the natural factors (relief, climate, soil) with that of human factors (folk traditions, know-how, etc.).

The microclimate is characterized by average annual temperatures of 9 degrees Celsius, 475 mm annual average rainfall and dominant winds from the NW, SE, S, constituting an environment conducive to the cultivation of the vine and the production of quality wines. Cotnari Wine House is an ambitious project, started in 2007, by setting up new plantations in the vineyard, made up of the traditional Grape Cotnari, Tamaioasa Romaneasca and Feteasca Alba varieties, joined by Busuioaca and Feteasca Neagra.

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A very important aspect, which is to be appreciated, is the fact that in Cotnari vineyard the tradition was preserved, and only old Romanian varieties can be found Grasă de Cotnari, Tămâioasă Românească, Fetească Albă, Francușă, Busuioacă, and Fetească Neagră.

The Cotnari Wine House is located in Cîrjoaia, at Vlădoianu Castle, built in 1901 by the former Governor of the National Bank, boyar Vasile Vladoianu, along with his wife Raliţa Bals, descendant of the boy Balş. The building of the castle used an Italian project and materials brought from Italy. As time went by, the domain was assigned various destinations: during the Second World War it was used by the Russian army as a hospital and between 1945 and 1950 it functioned as an orphanage. After 1950, the CAP acquired it being then taken over by IAS Cotnari. In 2000 he was returned to the heirs of law from which he was subsequently acquired. At present, over Vlădoianu Castle has left its mark the passage of time, but in the future it is aimed at realizing a unique project of restoration of the domain, which will give it the brilliance of the time, specific belle époque.

The surface exploited by Cotnari Wine House is composed of Fetească Neagră – 100 ha, Busuioacă – 75 ha, Tămâioasă Românească – 75 ha, Grasă de Cotnari – 50 ha and Fetească Albă – 50 ha. Being a premium producer of quality grapes, Cotnari Wine Plantations have been set up with state-of-the-art technology, aiming at a low plant density (3646 plants per hectare), a great distance between rows, m) which allows efficient air circulation and modern works. The vineyard works are carried out so that the amount of grapes harvested per hectare does not exceed 6 tons (Grass of Cotnari, Tămâioasă Românească, Fetească Albă, and Busuioacă) and 5 tons (Fetească Neagră) with a minimum of 230 grams of sugar.

The completion of Vlădoianu wine cellar, located behind Vlădoianu Castle, is the first stage of the wine investment plan of the Cotnari Wine House. Located on the site of the old wine cellar, where the Vladianu boyar produced the wine obtained from the grapes harvesting about the 50 hectares he managed, and the 15 meter deep cellar, 6 meters high, with an area of approximately 200 square meters, where it stores the wine produced, Vlădoianu wine cellar is equipped with state-of-the-art technology for vinification of red grapes.

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