Decanter: Château Purcari, Moldova’s flagship
The innovative winery helping to rehabilitate indigenous grapes, has won more medals than any winery in the world. Château Purcari, the flagship winery of the Purcari Wineries Group, is Moldova’s most important winery. Located in the renowned Ștefan Vodă region in south-east Moldova, it is surrounded by two lakes and 300 hectares of its own vines on rolling hills, washed by fresh, clean air from the nearby Black Sea.
With its deep black soils over limestone bedrock, perfect for grapevines, Château Purcari’s wine history and reputation date back to 1827. Its first global medal at the Paris exhibition in 1878 turned its Negru de Purcari into a Moldovan wine icon.
Since founder and CEO Victor Bostan took over in the early 2000s, Château Purcari has continued to put quality first. Mr. Bostan, a trained and experienced winemaker, is continually open to improvement and innovation, working with experts Federico Giotto on still wines and Jérôme Barret, from Champagne, on sparkling.
