Gîrboiu Winery

Gîrboiu Winery is a family business founded in 2005 owning a wide area of about 200 hectares, unique for its story and distinctive climate conditions. The vineyards are situated in the province of Cotești (map 10) with a distinctive, particularly favourable climate conditions and a soil rich in minerals unique in the South Eastern part of Romania. The hills are situated at an altitude of 150-200 meters. This area has an old tradition in wine making, every year resulting in modern and high quality wines. The viticultural heritage of Gîrboiu Winery is composed of native vines such as Șarbă, Plăvaie, Fetească Regală, Fetească Albă, Fetească Neagră and international varieties such as Sauvignon Blanc, Riesling Italico, Muscat Ottonel, Gewurztraminer, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pinot Noir.

Since the winery was founded, the Gîrboiu family manages all the sectors of the company together with a team of local and foreign experts. The cellar is 4000 square meters wide, including a processing area, the storage warehouse with a capacity of 2 million litres of wine. Maceration and fermentation is done in stainless steel vats at controlled temperature and maturation is in French oak barrels.

The aim is to produce and offer to consumers the best wines, characterised by the uniqueness of the terroir and cultivated varieties of the well-known vineyard Cotești and the hundred year old tradition of making quality wine.

Gîrboiu’s Wines