Castellum - Feteasca Regala

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100% Feteasca Regala
2024 - 12.5% vol. alc. - 75cl.
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Bewaarpotentieel: 3-5 jaar

ORIGIN: The wine is prepared entirely from grapes of Fetească Regală variety
coming from the Transylvania plateau, in Romania, the thirteenth wine producer in the world.

VINEYARD: The Tarnave Vineyard (DOC Tarnave) is located in the Transylvania
Plateau, moderate temperate continental type, with summers suitably warm,
harsh and humid winters, but with long and predominantly clear autumns.
The soil geological structure consists of clay sediments and minerals.
Another special feature of the terroir is the fog that spreads along
the Tarnava Mica valley in the mornings of summer and autumn and which,
together with the large differences (10-12°C) in temperature from day to night,
slows the ripening of grapes. All of these lead to the preservation of aromas
and acidity in grapes, resulting in aromatic and tasty wines, vinified in the dry.
The average value of the temperature at the level of the vineyard Tarnave
is 8.3°C, with average monthly variations between -4, -5°C in January and
July between +18, + 19°C. These two factors determine the continuous increase in
the sugar content of grapes, the acidity is reduced by staying constant or almost
constant at a slightly higher threshold (about 8-9 g / l tartaric acid).

WINE MAKING PROCESS: The grapes were harvested by hand, destemmed and slightly
crushed. The reductive fermentation took place in stainless steel tanks at a
temperature of 16°C for about 3 weeks. After that - aging in tanks for 5 months.

WINEMAKER: The team that produces the wines is made up of the head of the
winery - Misi Denes - a local passionate about viticulture and of well-made work
and the Italian oenologist Celestino Lucin, named oenologist of the year
in Italy by Gambero Rosso magazine in 2009.

TASTING: Straw yellow, with a bouquet of aromas of elderflower, bergamot pear.
Elegant taste, with notes of ripe apples, grapefruit, fresh and persistent aftertaste.
It is recommended to be served at 6-8˚C.

One may serve it with fresh cheese, baked trout.