Originating from a 50-year-old vine located on Southern hills with chalky soil and very few rains, the grapes of Feteasca Neagra give birth to this rare, unique wine – APOGEUM.

The production is small – 5-6 tons/ha, harvested manually. The grapes are selected in the vineyard, harvested at the best time, transported with a lot of care at the winemaking facility. APOGEUM, the wine, is obtained in the cellar by the same name; it is an historic cellar that hosts ceramic amphoras and grapes selection systems. It all happens with a lot of love and care: natural lees that are specific to the Dealu Mare area, manual repairs of the musts, slow and long maceration-fermentation at optimal temperatures, with the purpose of obtaining the trademark flavors of dry plum, jam, berries and black blueberries. After 15-20 days, once the alcoholic fermentation is done, the amphoras are prepared for the second fermentation, the malolactic fermentation. That is when the wine starts to fully reveal its amazing traits.

Once this stage of the young wine’s life is over, APOGEUM is gravitationally introduced in new, French oak barrels.

The 24 months of resting in the bariques and the 12 months in the bottle give the wine touches of elegant maturity, expressed in an explosion of lovely flavors (oak, vanilla, chocolate, coffee), soft tannins that prove the value of a special and rare wine.