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Aurelia Visinescu along with her business partner Steve Cacenco have founded in 2003 the company that was destined to host the knowledge of a famous winemaker and the passion for the beautiful world of wines, named Domeniile Sahateni. After an investment of 3 million Euro, it can be found today their own  plantations
in Dealu Mare area, a very modern cellar including a bottling section
and a maturation cellar of the wine in barriques. The grapes are coming from the 100 ha of Domeniile Sahateni’s vineyards - located in the villages of Sahateni, Naeni and Fintesti and part of the grapes are purchased from the private growers from the same area . The area’s winemaking potential is known as being generous for both white wines and red ones. The winery has facilities to process 1.000 to grapes / vintage (30 % whites and 70% reds), with 2 separate production lines, completely automatic controlled fermentation process for both white and red wines. All the equipments used in the production process are from stainless steal. An underground cellar equipped with 160 barrique’s assure the optimum conditions for ageing of some special wine batches. Automatic bottling line, with a capacity of 1.500 btls of 75 cl /h allows the bottling of the wines at origin. The high performance equipment assures protection against wine bottle oxidation by eliminating the air before filling and by injecting inert gas before bottling. The bottled wine is stocked as a final product in the modern warehouse and the one for ageing improves at bottle in the winery cellar. The main processed grapes varieties are : Feteasca Neagra, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon and Pinot Noir - for reds and Feteasca Alb, Riesling Italian, Sauvignon Blanc, Tamâioasa Romaneasca and Muscat Ottonel for the whites. Investments are still made to replace and modernise the vineyards : 22 ha has been replaced in 2008 spring and work is done for another 14 ha. The first crop entirely vinified in the cellar was produces in 2006 and bottled in 2007. The offer’s segmentation is modern and keeps into account the market’s demands. Varietal line contains 7 types from the sorts Feteasca Neagra, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir, Feteasca Alba, Riesling Italian and Sauvignon  Blanc while Reserva range is
made from exclusive blends, based on the two major native sorts: Feteasca Alba and
Feteasca Neagra The 15 years experience in winemaking, and the appetite for new and modern, the knowledge of the European commercial ways ensures us that Domeniile Sahateni will have an important place in Romanian sector . We assume the duty and honour to recover the dimension of the Romanian wine value. That is why, even under the sign of new, we keep each sort’s personality, ancestral pattern. It’s a form of respect for the Romanian vineyard. It’s a form of respect for more than 2.000 years of the Romanian vine growing and winemaking tradition. |
| DOMENIILE SAHATENI 53, B-dul Dacia, ap.3, et.2, sector 1, Bucharest, 010406, ROMANIA Tel: 00 40 21 211 09 77 Fax: 00 40 21 212 10 09 e-mail: office@domeniilesahateni.com www.fdv.ro |