Coteşti makes aromatic whites and fuller reds. Riesling can bring citrus, green apple, apricot, peach and mango with lively acidity, while Traminer is described with rose, citrus and wood notes. Fetească Neagră is vigorous, spicy and fruit-driven, with oak ageing.
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- BohotinNo producers listed yetBohotin makes aromatic Busuioacă in white, red and rosé styles. The wines range from dry to sweet, within a continental setting of chernozem and brown-red clay soils.
- CotnariNo producers listed yetCotnari is known for whites from Grasă de Cotnari, Fetească Albă, Tămâioasă Românească and Frâncușă. Its sunny slopes and autumn conditions support sugar accumulation, and favourable years can also bring sweet wines from grapes concentrated by noble rot.
- Dealu BujoruluiNo producers listed yetDealu Bujorului grows local and international varieties. Its light, aromatic Șarbă and fuller Merlot offer a clear contrast, while the area's viticultural research station dates from 1977.
- HuşiNo producers listed yetHuşi has documentary wine references dating to 1436. Its wines fall under the protected DOC Huși designation, which may be supplemented by approved single-vineyard names.
- IanaNo producers listed yetIana is a protected DOC wine origin in Romania's Moldovan Hills.
- IaşiNo producers listed yetIaşi is one of Romania's oldest vineyard areas within Moldovan Hills, with viticultural roots in the second half of the sixteenth century.
- NicoreştiNo producers listed yetNicoreşti is a Moldovan Hills wine area with two vineyard centres, Nicorești in the south and Buciumeni in the north. Its reds centre on Băbească Neagră, Fetească Neagră and Rubiniu de Nicorești blends.
- OdobeştiNo producers listed yetOdobeşti is a dedicated vineyard area in the eastern Moldova wine region, within Moldovan Hills.
- PanciuNo producers listed yetPanciu is a Moldovan Hills wine area associated with high acidity and classic sparkling wine. Fetească Albă, Fetească Regală, Șarbă, Galbenă de Odobești and Muscat Ottonel grow alongside international varieties.