Cotnari

A historic sweet-white region in north-eastern Romania, near Iași.

Country

Romania

Climate

Cool continental, Moldavian plateau

Main varieties

Grasă de Cotnari · Tămâioasă Românească · Frâncușă · Fetească Albă

Cotnari is one of Romania's oldest documented wine districts, known for sweet whites from Grasă, a variety prone to noble rot.

The region sits next to Iași, a city that before the Second World War was among the largest centres of Jewish life in Romania. The Jewish community's connection to the local wine trade requires archival work, and in the history section it is flagged as a research direction rather than a finished text.