2024
Region
Moldova › Ștefan Vodă
Type
red · still
Grapes
Fetească neagră
Alcohol
13.5%
Volume
750 mL
Ripe plums, cherries, wild bitter cherries, floral notes without excessive spice. Fresh and juicy with succulent mouthfeel, lively cherry fruit balanced by crisp acidity. Clean, vibrant, fruit-forward finish. Wonderful value.
This was really unexpected. Fetească Neagră without oak! From a winery that loves intense, powerful wines. Impressed might be too strong a word, but I took a bottle to taste it later in calmer circumstances (and with better glassware), so there's that. Vibrant stuff - ripe plums, cherries, wild bitter cherries, touch of flowers, not too spicy. Fresh and juicy on the palate with succulent mouthfeel. Lively cherry fruit balanced by crisp acidity. Unbarriqued, letting Fetească Neagră's varietal purity shine through. Clean, fresh, fruit-forward finish.
