OLTENIA WINE-GROWING
REGION
Viticulture represents a traditional occupation with deep roots in the culture and civilisation of
the Romanian people, with significant role in the economy and agriculture of Romania.
Oltenia wine-growing region, through its multiple micro-climates and soils types, but also a complete scale of
wine types (white, red and aromatic, distilled of wines) and the culture of table grapes are arguments that
Oltenia should be named a veritable wine-growing Romania, in miniature, occupying in the present almost 1520% from the Romania wine-growing area.
Romania
Europe
Oltenia region
21. Sâmbureşti Vineyard
22. Drăgăşani Vineyard
0.14-Tg. Jiu
0.17-Poiana Cruşetu
23. Dealurile Craiovei Vineyard
0.15-Segarcea
24. Severinului Vineyard
Olt
0.36-Drăgăneşti-
35. Vineyard Dacilor
36. Calafat Vineyard
37. Sadova-Corabia Vineyard
The power of tradition and the pedoclimatic offer from this vast amphitheatre, offered by the natural frame of the
Oltenia relief has led to the place for centuries in these area of some piedmontan vineyard (Dragasani, Samburesti,
Dealurile Severinului, Craiovei, Dealurile Drancei), danubian vineyards (Dacilor, Calafat, Sadova-Corabia, Severinului),
also independent winegrowing (Segarcea).
In the wine- growing region of Oltenia, at the beginning of the XX-th century,
were cultivated 34 local – traditional varieties (Gordan, Braghina, Corbul,
Seina,Vulpea), selected along time by winegrowers, many of them can be still
met today in culture. To this genetic inheritance, will be added along time over 14
wine types, a wine varieties (examples Haiduc, Pandur – for red wine;
Cramposie, Cramposie sectionata for white wine), a table varieties (Victoria), a
varieties for raisins (Calina) and of rootstock type (Dragasani 37 and Dragasani
57) creations of researches for the Experiment Station of Wine- growing
Researches Dragasani and the Department of Horticulture of Craiova University.
TABLE VARIETIES OF GRAPES
BUCURESTI Early Muscat
STEFANESTI Golden
HAMBURG
Muscat
Victoria
Chasselas dorè
FRESH SEEDLESS VARIETIES
PIETROASA CENTENARY
PERLETTE
OTILIA
CALINA
Grape varieties for white wine types
Grape varieties for red wine types