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Beef steak
A substantial dish stands up to this concentrated, oak-aged red.
Bardul din Mircești, Codru, Moldova
Bardul din Mircești Cuvée Rouge
If you enjoy reds matured in oak, start here.
Fermented in open vats and aged for 24 months in new oak.
From Codru, Moldova.
€25.50
Delivery in NL €6.95, free from €60
€25.50
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Eat this with it
SUNDAY ROAST
Lamb or game
A hearty roast is a natural match for the wine’s dark fruit and spice.
CHEESE BOARD
Mature cheeses
A mature cheese stands up to the wine’s dark fruit and oak.
Also good
Spicy sausages, slow-cooked beef and grilled mushrooms.
Skip
Light salads and delicate fish are likely to disappear beside the wine.
Serve at
16–18 °C
The producer
Bardul din Mircești: wines from Moldova
Arcadie Foșnea founded Crama Mircești in 2011 in the hills of Ungheni. After studying winemaking in Germany, he returned to make wine in his home village. The Bardul din Mircești range explores different textures: traditional-method bubbles, whites fermented with their skins, and wines matured on fine lees or in oak.
- Winemaker
- Arcadie Foșnea
- Founded
- 2011
- Home base
- Mircești, Ungheni, Moldova
- Altitude
- Around 340 metres in the Măgura hills
- Background
- Studied winemaking in Germany, 1997–2000
- Winemaking
- Traditional-method bubbles, skin-contact whites and oak maturation
The details
- Grape
- Cabernet Sauvignon, Saperavi
- Alcohol
- 15%
- Region
- Codru
- Country
- Moldova
- Wine type
- Red
- Serve at
- 16–18 °C
- Volume
- 750 ml
