Wine from the Moldavia region of Romania
Nordest Vin
An unspoilt region with a long memory. And a wine that is not waiting for an occasion.
Why this wine
The wine comes from Casa de Vinuri Cotnari in Cotnari — a region in eastern Romania, named in the written record since 1448. It is not unknown to people who work with wine. It simply never became fashionable.
That is the whole point. Price follows fashion, not quality. And while fashion looks the other way, there is more in the glass than there is on the price tag. Nothing here has been rushed or dressed up. Time was allowed to do the work, and the result does not need a hard sell.
Note: The Moldavia region lies within Romania and inside the EU. It is not the neighbouring Republic of Moldova, a separate country outside the EU. The distinction matters for both the history and the import.
The wines
Few wines, chosen one at a time. Each bottle hangs on its own — selected, not accumulated.
The range will draw on several of the region's wine houses. The five shown are examples from one of them — Casa de Vinuri Cotnari — whose own range names they carry. The house lists more ranges than the five shown; the exact count is not stated unambiguously on their site, so only the confirmed ones appear. Grape and vintage details are provisional examples until the selection is agreed with the houses.
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VLADOIANU
Grasă is the region’s old grape, met here in its dry form: golden apple, honey and an acidity that keeps the richness in check. A wine for the table rather than the cellar.
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NAIV
Fetească Albă grew here long before anyone wrote it down. Light, floral and dry — a wine to drink young and cold.
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COLOCVIU
The Romanian branch of the muscat family: the nose promises sweetness, the palate keeps it dry. Which is why it handles spiced food better than most.
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DOMENII
The region’s dark grape: cherry, pepper and an oak ageing that rounds the edges. As close as the region comes to a classic food red.
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ZAZ
A rosé from an aromatic grape found almost nowhere else: roses and basil on the nose, dry on the palate. A summer wine.
Awards
Awards are listed per house and per wine — and only with what can be documented.
Casa de Vinuri Cotnari states over 100 medals since 2011. The entries here show what the list will look like; each result is documented with competition, year, wine and placing before the page goes public.
The houses
The wine comes from several of the region's houses. The first described here is Casa de Vinuri Cotnari. The vineyards sit on south-east-facing slopes at around 250 metres on calcareous clay, and harvest is by hand — the three things that matter most to the style.
Documented so far: the house's emblem is Castel Vlădoianu, built in 1901 by the viticulturist Vasile Vlădoianu. The region is older: Cotnari appears in the written record from 1448. The two histories are separate and must stay so.
The rest of the historical thread belongs here — but only what a source can carry. Invented aristocratic history might sell a bottle and lose a retailer.
What the house states
- Vine density
- 3.646 vines/ha
- Yield
- Limited 45 hl/ha
- Grape varieties
- Native only
- Classification
- DOC Cotnari
Figures from the house's own website, reproduced without interpretation. What they mean in the glass is for a professional to judge — not this page.
The hatching is the Carpathian arc, the tinted area the Moldavia region, and the rivers are the Danube, Siret and Prut. The dotted line is the Bârlad Trail, a documented medieval trade route; Cotnari lay near it, not on it. The map was drawn for this page — it is not a historic map.
Contact
The first bottles have not landed yet. Write if you would like to know when they do.
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Company details
Nordest Vin ApS
Henrik Ibsens Vej 7, st. th.
1813 Frederiksberg C
CVR 45 45 45 45
kontakt@nordestvin.dk