{"id":34510,"date":"2022-06-11T11:03:58","date_gmt":"2022-06-11T08:03:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.news.winesofromania.com\/dev\/transylvania\/"},"modified":"2022-08-28T16:46:11","modified_gmt":"2022-08-28T16:46:11","slug":"transylvania","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/en\/transylvania\/","title":{"rendered":"Transylvania"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"34510\" class=\"elementor elementor-34510 elementor-31758\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a0b0d3d elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a0b0d3d\" data-element_type=\"section\" data-settings=\"{&quot;jet_parallax_layout_list&quot;:[]}\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-container elementor-column-gap-default\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-100 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-494c8ff\" data-id=\"494c8ff\" data-element_type=\"column\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-wrap elementor-element-populated\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-24fee9d elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"24fee9d\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Region<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Viticulture a<\/span><b> Transylvanian Bridge <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">known until ten years ago as a classic area for the production of outstanding white wines, is located in the <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">viticola B2.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> [2] The climatic changes of the last decades have also favoured the elaboration of particularly expressive and recognizable red wines, which have already been awarded at various national and international competitions.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Main varieties<\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">White: <\/span><i><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chardonnay, Feteasca alba, Feteasca regala, Furmint, Iordana, Kerner, Muscat Ottonel, Neuburger, Petit Manseng, Pinot gris, Riesling de Rhin, Italian Riesling, Sauvignon, Traminer aromatic, Traminer rose.<\/span><br \/><\/i><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Black: <\/span><i><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Cabernet Sauvignon, Feteasca neagra, Merlot, Pinot noir, Syrah, Zweigelt<\/span><br \/><\/i><\/p><p><b>Geographical indications<\/b><\/p><ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>PDO Aiud<\/b><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>Alba-Iulia PDO<\/b><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>D.O.P. Sebes &#8211; Apold<\/b><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>PDO Lechinta<\/b><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>D.O.P. Tarnave (sden Blaj, Medias, Tarnaveni and the Zagar and Valea Nirajului wine centres)<\/b><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>PDO Jidvei<\/b><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><b>I.G.P. Transylvanian Hills<\/b><\/li><\/ul><p><b>History <\/b><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The area where we find the famous <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">fortified churches<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> [3], countless castles that once belonged <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the grofs<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> [4], ruins of medieval fortresses and even fortresses inhabited today, such as <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sighisoara<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> [5] and <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Balta Fortress<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> [6], Transylvania brings along with its history a plethora of remarkable wines. The great gold awards, obtained by the wines of <\/span><i><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Traminer aromatic<\/span><br \/><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The wine tastings in Montpellier in 1958 and Ljubljana in 1974 confirmed the oenological value of the area.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Tarnave vineyard enjoys a long-standing reputation, and is included in a map of &#8220;<\/span><i><br \/><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Chorographia Transylvaniae<\/span><br \/><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&#8221; of John Honterus in 1532. Suitable for producing still wines, as well as fine sparkling wines and precious vintages, the wine-growing region of Podus Transylvania offers the discerning consumer a wide range of wine products, with constantly updated production standards.<\/span><\/p><p><b>Terroir<\/b><\/p><p><b>Relief: <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Transylvanian Podis, with its three sections, the Somesan Podis, the Transylvanian Plain and the Tarnavelor Podis, with a wide variety of altitudes in the hilly area; <\/span><b>Pante<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> line, sunny at the base of the hills, with steeper slopes in the upper and middle third; <\/span><b>Exhibition<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">S-V, S, S-E; <\/span><b>Altitude<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: 250-800 m; <\/span><b>Soil <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[1]: argic, cambic, typical eutricambisol and bathyglic cernoziom, luvosol, alluviosol, gleisol, regosol, faeoziom, prepodzol, lamellar preluvosol, rendzine and in the DOP Lechinta area, in some areas, lithosol; <\/span><b>Multiannual average temperature<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: 8,4-9,7<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">o<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C; <\/span><b>Precipitation<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: 500-700 mm multi-year average; cool summers with less than 10 <\/span><b>tropical days<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> annual; <\/span><b>winters<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> cold and cool (31-50 days annually). 1900-2000 <\/span><b>hours of sunshine<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> annually. <\/span><b>Climate extremes<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be <\/span><b>late frosts<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> lasting several consecutive days, <\/span><b>hail<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. At the end of summer and the beginning of autumn, the morning leaves a<\/span><b>eata<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> fine, persistent, which also hydrates the berries, accelerating the physiological processes of accumulation of sugars in the atmosphere of moderate temperatures.<\/span> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">During the grape ripening period, daytime temperatures vary around an average of 22\u00baC and nighttime temperatures around an average of 12\u00baC. Autumns are long and sunny, so these are the years when noble rot makes its appearance on the grapes and wines can be made that bear the traditional mention <\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">C.I.B.<\/span><\/p><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sources: <\/span><\/p><ol><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Toti, M.; Dumitru, Sorina; Vlad, V.; Eftene, Alina &#8211; Soil Atlas of Romanian Vineyards (2017), Ed. Terra Nostra, Iasi<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">REGULATION (EU) No 1308\/2013 OF THE EUROPEAN PARLIAMENT AND OF THE COUNCIL of 17 December 2013 establishing a common organisation of the markets in agricultural products and repealing Council Regulations (EEC) No 922\/72, (EEC) No 234\/79, (EC) No 1037\/2001 and (EC) No 1234\/2007<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ro.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Biserici_fortificate_din_Transilvania\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/ro.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Biserici_fortificate_din_Transilvania<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/dexonline.ro\/definitie-dex09\/grof\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/dexonline.ro\/definitie-dex09\/grof<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"https:\/\/ro.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sighi%C8%99oara\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/ro.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Sighi%C8%99oara<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.monumenteuitate.org\/ro\/monument\/79\/Cetatea-de-Balta-Bethlen-Haller\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">http:\/\/www.monumenteuitate.org\/ro\/monument\/79\/Cetatea-de-Balta-Bethlen-Haller<\/span><\/a><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><a href=\"http:\/\/www.onvpv.ro\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">www.onvpv.ro<\/span><\/a><\/li><\/ol>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/section>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Region Viticulture a Transylvanian Bridge known until ten years ago as a classic area for the production of outstanding white wines, is located in the viticola B2. 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