Grasa de Cotnari

Grasa de Cotnari is cultivated on 546 hectares, with the largest area found in the Cotnari vineyard. Additionally, the Grasa de Cotnari variety demonstrates successful cultivation on a significant surface in the Pietroasa wine-growing center within the Dealu Mare vineyard. In general, the sweet wines produced from Grasa, obtained from grapes picked after ripening (raisining of the berries), exhibit organoleptic and compositional properties that position them among the globally renowned wines of this type. These wines are characterized by significant glycerol and extract contents, imparting unctuousness and body. Typically, the wines obtained have an alcoholic strength of at least 12°, a relatively high total acidity around 5.0 g/l, and a sugar content exceeding 50 g/l. When young, these natural sweet wines exhibit a greenish-yellow or yellow hue with greenish reflections. They are distinguished by a unique aroma, partly due to substances produced by noble rot, evoking scents of dried apricots, beeswax, or raisins.