Castellum Dracula Merlot - Legendary Dracula

CASTELLUM DRACULA

Merlot

For centuries, archeologists, novelists and vampire hunters have searched for the Castle of Dracula, the very spot where it all began. But none of them was able to decipher the mystery and locate the Count’s vault, even though some of them swear they got so close, that they genuinely felt the wings fluttering and heard the whispers of the maidens behind the walls of Castellum Dracula.

PRODUCT DETAIL

Every detail counts

Dealu Mare vineyards make up the most compact Romanian viticulture area (about 14,500 hectares). The climate is temperate continental with cold winters and hot summers, with average annual solar radiation of 125 kcal/cm², average annual temperatures of 10°C heat amplitude monthly average of 24°C and an absolute magnitude of extremes over 70°C.

An average of 2200 sunshine hours from which 1635 are in warm semester. The annual amount of warm and heat is over 4000 degrees. Annual rainfall is around 500-550 mm mainly in winter-spring period.

Every detail counts

The harvesting is done by hand, and at the same time a quality selection of grapes is being made. The maceration and the alcoholic fermentation take place in temperature controlled stainless steel tanks. It is still here that malolactic fermentation takes place. Maturation period – 1 year in large oak barrels.

The team that produces the wines is made up of the head of the winery – Misi Denes – a local passionate about viticulture and of well-made work and the Italian oenologist Celestino Lucin, named oenologist of the year in Italy by Gambero Rosso magazine in 2009.