Lockdown Wine #7 - Bostovan Dor Feteasca Neagra And Pinot Noir

Another wine from my Wine Century stocks (which are nearly running out!) - another VERY obscure grape variety

Wine: Bostovan Dor Feteasca Neagra And Pinot Noir

Country: Moldova

Grape: Feteasca Neagra And Pinot Noir

From: Turton Wines: £10.50

Value for Money – 8/10

Quality/Flavour – 8/10

A thoroughly decent full bodied and smooth red. Quite reminiscent of a Merlot. Soft tannins.

Would I buy it again – Yes

From the Turton Wines blurb

Grapes: 51% Feteasca Neagra 49% Pinot Noir.13% Alcohol 

A Moldovan red wine matured for up to 12 months in oak barriques for intense aromas of dark fruit and forest floor. The rich palate shows a fine flavour of wild berries, tones of blackcurrant and black cherries with herbal nuances and subtle cranberries, candied fruits and vanilla.

From Wikipedia

Fetească Neagră (Romanian pronunciation: [feˈte̯askə ˈne̯aɡrə]); English: Black Maiden) is an old pre-phylloxeric variety of Romanian - Moldovan grape,[1] cultivated mainly in several areas in the Romanian regions of Moldavia, Muntenia, Oltenia, Banat, Northern Dobruja[2] and also in the Republic of Moldova.

These grapes produce dry, demi-dry or sweet wines, with an alcohol content of 12-14%,[3] a deep red colour with ruby shades, and a black currant flavour, which becomes richer and smoother with aging.