Dealu Bujorului has a viticultural research station founded in 1977. Its vineyards grow Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Fetească Neagră, Băbească Neagră, Fetească Albă, Riesling Italian and Muscat Ottonel. Șarbă is light, fresh and acidic, with peach, pineapple, mango, rose and lime-blossom aromas. Merlot is fuller and textured, with fine tannins, red fruit, plum, spice and herbs.
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Elsewhere in Moldovan Hills
- 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.
- CoteştiNo producers listed yetCoteşti in Romania's Moldovan Hills makes aromatic whites and fuller, oak-aged reds. Riesling can be lively and fruity, Traminer brings rose and citrus notes, and Fetească Neagră makes more substantial reds.
- 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.
- 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.