Domeniile Pripa, Valea Hamza, Ștefan-Vodă PGI, Moldova

Domeniile Pripa Rară Neagră 2019

Dried fruit
Chocolate
Vanilla

Dried fruit, chocolate and a touch of vanilla make this a generous, dry red. It feels rounded, with a gentle grip and flavours that stay after you swallow. Around twelve months in Moldovan oak add a woody edge. Save it for an unhurried evening when there is time to linger.

You'll notice the chocolate and vanilla lingering after the fruit.

If you like rounded, oak-aged reds with dried-fruit flavours, start here.

Aged for around 12 months in Moldovan oak.

From the southwest-facing slopes of the Hamza Valley near Purcari.

€21.90

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AT THE TABLE

Roast duck with sour cherry sauce

Dried-fruit depth suits the duck and rounded tannins meet its richness.

SOMETHING SIMPLE

Chicken wings with a lightly sweet glaze

The generous fruit follows the glaze and the gentle grip suits the browned skin.

FOR SHARING

Beef and mushroom pie

The long, savoury flavours fit the filling and the rounded texture suits the pastry.

Also good

Try a little aged Gruyère after supper; the rounded grip and long chocolate note stand up to the cheese.

Skip

A very delicate herb omelette would disappear beside the dried fruit and chocolate.

Serve at

16–18 °C

The producer

Domeniile Pripa: rooted in the Hamza Valley

Domeniile Pripa grows its own grapes on the southwest-facing slopes of the Hamza Valley, near Purcari. The grapes are picked by hand, and local varieties sit alongside Merlot and Saperavi. Moldovan oak barrels are made by coopers from Ulmu. An old stone cellar inspired the project’s renewal; the first experimental wine came from the 2016 harvest.

Vineyard rows at the Domeniile Pripa estate.

Place: Hamza Valley, Purcari, Ștefan Vodă PGI
Grapes: Rară Neagră, Fetească Neagră, Fetească Albă, Fetească Regală, Merlot and Saperavi
Harvest: Picked by hand using scissors
Fruit: Exclusively estate-grown grapes
Barrels: Moldovan oak, made by coopers from Ulmu
First harvest: 2016, used for the first experimental wine