Crama Rotenberg

Rotenberg is a boutique winery in Dealu Mare, almost obsessively devoted to top-class red wines. On iron-rich soils — hence the name, "the red mountain" — it works Merlot, Cabernet and Fetească Neagră in small quantities, with patience and attention to every detail, for dense, velvety, long-lived wines. Ranges such as Menuet and Nabucco earned the winery a solid reputation among lovers of serious red.

It's an address for connoisseurs, after structure and elegance rather than volume. The estate welcomes visitors by appointment for tastings where you can follow how a single grape takes on different shades from year to year. A stop for those who take red wine seriously, in the heart of the country's finest red-wine region.