Romania: Wine laws

Romanian wine law is fully compliant with eu regulations. PDO wines must be made from Vitis vinifera and in 2013 accounted for 653,186 hl (over 17 million gal) or 11% of the harvest.

DOC (Denumire de Origine Controlată) is the recognized traditional term for pdo wines, i.e. high-quality wines from a delimited area and produced within that area. It is supplemented by further classifications according to the grapes’ maturity:

• DOC-CMD wines harvested at full maturity bearing a designation of origin

• DOC-CT late-harvest wines

• DOC-CIB late-harvest/botrytized sweet wines.