{"id":44179,"date":"2022-12-02T19:00:00","date_gmt":"2022-12-02T17:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/?p=44179"},"modified":"2022-12-02T22:40:17","modified_gmt":"2022-12-02T20:40:17","slug":"sarba-research-of-romanian-viticulture-1972","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/en\/sarba-research-of-romanian-viticulture-1972\/","title":{"rendered":"SARBA \u2013 result of Romanian viticultural research"},"content":{"rendered":"\t\t<div data-elementor-type=\"wp-post\" data-elementor-id=\"44179\" class=\"elementor elementor-44179 elementor-44160\" data-elementor-post-type=\"post\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-59dbec2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"59dbec2\" 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-1145c22\" data-id=\"1145c22\" 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-cfe5d11 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"cfe5d11\" 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;\">The <\/span><b><i>Sarba <\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">grapevine variety is grown exclusively in Romania, on an area of 319.65 ha [ONVPV, 2022], compared to 284 ha in 2010 (VIVC), which means that Romanian winegrowers have also turned to local varieties through reconversion programmes. <\/span> <\/p>\n\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-42c375c elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"42c375c\" 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-7290f15\" data-id=\"7290f15\" 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-7a76641 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"7a76641\" 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<h1><b>The origin of the <\/b><b><i>Sarba <\/i><\/b><b> under the scrutiny of the curious<\/b><\/h1>\n\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-bfe345a elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"bfe345a\" 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-565900c\" data-id=\"565900c\" 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-8be8b91 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"8be8b91\" 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;\">The largest area is in Vrancea (268.40 ha) and the smallest officially registered area (0.01 ha), probably to some Romanian variety enthusiast, in Mures county! <\/span><\/p>\n\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-0920293 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"0920293\" 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-8b7c4df\" data-id=\"8b7c4df\" 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-1eadd0a elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"1eadd0a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Sarba-2-large.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-44527\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-4d85bee elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"4d85bee\" 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-c0140c1\" data-id=\"c0140c1\" 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-73bb11a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"73bb11a\" 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;\">Distribution of <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarba <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in Romania (data source: ONVPV, 2022)<\/span><\/p>\n\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eee4d1b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eee4d1b\" 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-3538784\" data-id=\"3538784\" 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-a7f2ad0 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a7f2ad0\" 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><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From <\/span><\/i><b><i>Sarba <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> can be obtained wines with controlled designation of origin in 5 of the 34 currently protected designations: PDO Cotesti, PDO Husi, PDO Iasi, PDO Odobesti and PDO Panciu. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Sarba, <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with number 10738 in <a href=\"https:\/\/winesofromania.com\/en\/dictionary\/\">VIVC<\/a>, is a Romanian semi-aromatic white wine grape variety, obtained from<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Riesling italian<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">seeds, freely pollinated in a plantation at the Odobesti Wine Research Station. In 1956 it received its original name as <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Riesling aromat 12\/18<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It was homologated in 1972 by the Odobesti Wine Research and Development Station (ROM 050), which is also the grapevine variety&#8217;s maintainer, and was then named after the Sarba Hill, nearby Odobesti. [1] <\/span><\/p>\n<p><b><i>Sarba <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is known as such in all countries where it is maintained as a pure variety: Bulgaria, Czech Republic, France, Hungary and of course Romania.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In the 1990s <\/span> <b><i>Sarba<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> was making thin wine, sold in <a href=\"https:\/\/cronix.ro\/soiuri-de-struguri-pe-care-le-stii-poate-mai-putin-si-5-recomandari-de-vin-alb-pentru-vara-asta\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">bulk<\/a> and lost among the white wines without many expectations. The Girboiu winery in Vrancea (the wine-growing region of the Moldavian Hills) believed strongly in <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarba <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> from the very first moment and has been experimenting for over 15 years with different modern vinification methods with this wine grape variety, from the first dry wine to the first wine sur lie\/on lees (matured on fine yeasts in French barrels). <\/span> <\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The experimental wines resulting from <\/span><b><i>Sarba<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">wine grapes were analyzed by Romanian researchers with a double column gas chromatograph apparatus that works as an &#8220;electronic nose&#8221; and provided fingerprints of the volatile substances profile for each sample. [1] <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Statistical analysis of the volatile profiles confirmed that <\/span><b><i>Sarba<\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is likely to have a parent-parent relationship with both <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Riesling italian <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tamaioasa romaneasca<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (or other muscat-flavored variety). [1] <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">According to VIVC, <\/span><b><i>Sarba <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is descended from the paternal line <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muscat de Alexandria<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and above, the <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muscat a petit grains blancs variety.<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">[2] In the OIV list &#8211; 2013, the catalog number for <\/span><b><i>Sarba <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is 3164. <\/span> <\/p>\n\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-83707d2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"83707d2\" 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-f819603\" data-id=\"f819603\" 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-abdba92 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"abdba92\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"520\" height=\"416\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Sarba-3.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-44530\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-ace3667 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"ace3667\" 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-3fe842a\" data-id=\"3fe842a\" 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-4ff77e3 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"4ff77e3\" 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;\">Genetic comparison between <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Riesling italian <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; mother and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muscat de Hamburg<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> &#8211; father and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarba<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, according to VIVC<\/span><\/p>\n\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-87402b7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"87402b7\" 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-4f7fa55\" data-id=\"4f7fa55\" 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-a64af4a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"a64af4a\" 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;\">Molecular analysis using markers showed unequivocal descent of the <\/span><b><i>Sarba <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">variety from <\/span><b><i>Riesling italian <\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><b><i>Muscat de Hamburg.<\/i><\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Thus, the mystery of the muscat aroma of this grape was solved.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Golia<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> grapevine variety (VIVC number 23549), which has one parent <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarba <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, is cultivated on 0,09 ha, in Iasi county (according to ONVPV, 2022), is included in PDO Iasi and can produce up to 14,000 kg\/ha. <\/span> <\/p>\n\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-c86113b elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"c86113b\" 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-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-a4bdb5f\" data-id=\"a4bdb5f\" 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-c7dd393 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"c7dd393\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/SARBA-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-44399\" alt=\"Sarba\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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<div class=\"elementor-column elementor-col-50 elementor-top-column elementor-element elementor-element-3b6baf8\" data-id=\"3b6baf8\" 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-185d8e8 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"185d8e8\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"683\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/Girboiu_Podgorie20200902_0347-1024x683.jpg\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-44401\" alt=\"Sarba\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-397a5c3 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"397a5c3\" 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-a088be2\" data-id=\"a088be2\" 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-f0e1568 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"f0e1568\" 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<h2><b>The delicately flavored<\/b> <b><i>Sarba<\/i><\/b> in Romania<\/h2>\n\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-eac0fc2 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"eac0fc2\" 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-203e4cd\" data-id=\"203e4cd\" 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-81e3853 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"81e3853\" 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;\">White wine, subtly flavored <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarba <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> is the right companion for light meals, pasta or fish, entrees based on fresh cheeses, along with salty pastries. Variants that still have fine yeasts in suspension can carry off a portion of polenta with scramble made with freshly laid eggs taken from the nest, mixed with onion, dill or basil, the latter paradoxically accentuating its flavors.<\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">In 1983, comparative research was carried out on semi-aromatic wines: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarba<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Feteasca regala <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> and <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muscat Ottonel<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. <\/span><b><i>Sarba <\/i><\/b> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">showed technological and sensory traits closer to <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Muscat Ottonel<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, confirming right from the beginning a descent from a terpenic (aromatic) variety. [1] <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The researchers&#8217; observations are confirmed by the practical work of those who grow this grapevine variety. There are <a href=\"https:\/\/cramagirboiu.ro\/vinul-sarba-soi-autohton\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">two<\/a> different clones: one that produces strongly aromatic grapes, with a hint of sweet rose and another, more productive, with a more subdued aroma. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">These differences are absolutely normal in the case of obtaining a variety by open pollination (O.P.). Subsequent vegetative propagation retains the same qualities as the marked individuals from which the scion cordons were taken. <\/span><\/p>\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">So far 17 clones are approved, elite material, held by Romanian research stations in ampelographic collections: <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarba 13\/17<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarba 19\/32<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarba 24\/45<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarba 2-96<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarba 3 Odobesti<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarba 3-106<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarba 3-126<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarba 3-149<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarba 3-152<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarba 6-11<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarba 6-84<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarba 6-87<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarba &#8211; OP 4-23<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarba &#8211; OP 4-29<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarba &#8211; OP 4-33<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sarba 2 Stefanesti<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.<\/span><\/p>\n\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-2823ece elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"2823ece\" 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-bf31162\" data-id=\"bf31162\" 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-228ab72 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"228ab72\" 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<h3><b><i>Sarba <\/i><\/b><b> in technical data<\/b><\/h3>\n\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-a1f66b7 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"a1f66b7\" 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-218cc06\" data-id=\"218cc06\" 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-69a1080 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"69a1080\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"371\" height=\"201\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sarba-1-1-large.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-44181\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-1c89302 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"1c89302\" 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-1d45d19\" data-id=\"1d45d19\" 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-b5a3bcb elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"b5a3bcb\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"370\" height=\"153\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sarba-5-1-large.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-44183\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-b6b1645 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"b6b1645\" 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-3633546\" data-id=\"3633546\" 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-8a2f033 elementor-widget elementor-widget-image\" data-id=\"8a2f033\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"image.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"372\" height=\"326\" src=\"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/11\/sarba-3-1-large.png\" class=\"attachment-large size-large wp-image-44185\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-857f834 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"857f834\" 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-5d9189d\" data-id=\"5d9189d\" 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-5159271 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"5159271\" 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<h4><b><i>Sarba<\/i><\/b> <b>wines<\/b> <b>recommended by Wines of Romania<\/b><\/h4>\n\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<section class=\"elementor-section elementor-top-section elementor-element elementor-element-7f4a8f8 elementor-section-boxed elementor-section-height-default elementor-section-height-default\" data-id=\"7f4a8f8\" 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-bd3ee98\" data-id=\"bd3ee98\" 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-2aafeb6 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"2aafeb6\" 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<ul><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Livia Sarba \u2013 Gold at Mundus Vini 2014 \u2013 Crama Girboiu;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Livia Sarba \u2013 Gold at Berliner Wein Trophy 2019 \u2013 Crama Girboiu;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Bacanta Sarba Barrique \u2013 Gold at IWCB VINARIUM 2020 \u2013 Crama Girboiu<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Petite Helena \u2013 Gold at Berliner Wein Trophy 2020 \u2013 Crama Girboiu<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bauturiromania.ro\/ro\/vin\/bacanta-special-edition\/?_sf_s=Sarba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Bacanta<\/a> Sarba Special Edition \u2013 Gold at Mundus Vini 2021 \u2013 Crama Girboiu <\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bauturiromania.ro\/ro\/vin\/epicentrum-sarba-si-plavaie\/?_sf_s=Sarba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Epicentrum<\/a> Sarba &amp; Plavaie 2017; Gold at Mundus Vini 2021; Gold at IWCB 2019 \u2013 Crama Girboiu<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bauturiromania.ro\/ro\/vin\/tectonic-sarba\/?_sf_s=Sarba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Tectonic<\/a> Sarba 2017 \u2013 Crama Girboiu;<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.bauturiromania.ro\/ro\/vin\/panciu-riserva-sarba\/?_sf_s=Sarba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Panciu<\/a> Riserva Sarba 2019 \u2013 Domeniile Panciu<\/span><\/li><li style=\"font-weight: 400;\" aria-level=\"1\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.bauturiromania.ro\/ro\/vin\/glia-sarba\/?_sf_s=Sarba\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Glia<\/a> Sarba 2013 Senator Wine; <\/span><\/li><\/ul><p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Sources:<\/span><\/p><ol><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> ANTOCE, Arina Oana; STROE, Marinela Vicuta; COJOCARU, G. A. &#8211; <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Tentative application of an electronic nose to the study of the parentage of Romanian grape varieties Sarba and Alb Aromat<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">\u201cST26733\u201d, International Conference &#8220;Agriculture for Life, Life for Agriculture&#8221;, Agriculture and Agricultural Science Procedia 6 ( 2015 ), pg. 110 &#8211; 117, 2015<\/span><\/li><li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> LACOMBE, T.; BOURSIQUOT, J.M.; LAUCOU, V.; DI VECCHI STARAS, M.; PERROS, J.P.; THIS, P. \u2013 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Large-scale parentage analysis in an extended set of grapevine cultivars<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Vitis vinifera<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">L.) Theoretical Applied Genetics 126 (2) 401-414, 2013<\/span><\/li><\/ol><p>Photo Source: \ud83d\udcf8 Crama Girboiu<\/p>\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>The Sarba grapevine variety is grown exclusively in Romania, on an area of 319.65 ha [ONVPV, 2022], compared to 284 ha in 2010 (VIVC), which means that Romanian winegrowers have [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":44397,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"_EventAllDay":false,"_EventTimezone":"","_EventStartDate":"","_EventEndDate":"","_EventStartDateUTC":"","_EventEndDateUTC":"","_EventShowMap":false,"_EventShowMapLink":false,"_EventURL":"","_EventCost":"","_EventCostDescription":"","_EventCurrencySymbol":"","_EventCurrencyCode":"","_EventCurrencyPosition":"","_EventDateTimeSeparator":"","_EventTimeRangeSeparator":"","_EventOrganizerID":[],"_EventVenueID":[],"_OrganizerEmail":"","_OrganizerPhone":"","_OrganizerWebsite":"","_VenueAddress":"","_VenueCity":"","_VenueCountry":"","_VenueProvince":"","_VenueState":"","_VenueZip":"","_VenuePhone":"","_VenueURL":"","_VenueStateProvince":"","_VenueLat":"","_VenueLng":"","_VenueShowMap":false,"_VenueShowMapLink":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[88,80,107],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-44179","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-all","category-news","category-oenology"],"acf":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44179","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=44179"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/44179\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/44397"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=44179"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=44179"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/staging.winesofromania.com\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=44179"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}