Domeniile Pripa

The people behind the bottle

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.

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