This is what good wine from the Viorica grape tastes like

Viorica is an indigenous Moldovan grape. Viorica produces highly aromatic white wines in which you can recognize muscat and flowers. Outside Moldova, Viorica is almost completely unknown, and the first international wine book to pay attention to Viorica still seems to need to be written. Unjustly so, since Viorica can produce very lovely wines.

Check out our wine made from Viorica grapes

Viorica is not an old grape. It was bred in 1969 as a crossing of the Zabel 13-666 grape and Aleatico. The former is probably a grape bred specifically for crossing purposes. The latter is an originally dark-skinned Italian grape variety usually used to make sweet red wine.

In Moldova itself, Viorica is proudly seen as a calling card for their white wines - because it is a typically Moldovan grape and because it produces such strikingly aromatic wines. In Moldova, various winemakers work with Viorica, making dry, off-dry and sweet wines from it, both still and sparkling.

We currently have one wine made from the Viorica grape in our range. You can view our Viorica wine here.