Cricova

Cellars

The originality of Cricova wine is not determined only by a perfect technology and by a following of wine making traditions but by special conditions of wine keeping in underground labyrinths as well.

The Cricova labyrinths, which are protected by the UNESCO, have about 60 kilometers of underground tunnels. It may be kept there more than 30 million liters of wine at the same time. The constant level of temperature is 10-14C degrees and the humidity level is 97-98 per cent, create the optimum conditions for the wine keeping.

A true skill of Moldavian winemakers and perfect natural conditions favor a careful keeping of traditions in the process of high qualified wine making. That is why Cricova wines became very popular and subjugated the most refined tastes of wine judges both in Moldova and in the international market. The best examples of a creativity of the Cricova winemakers enlarge the representative collection of vintage wine, which has more than 1 million of bottles of wine of different periods of time. Here side by side with Moldavian wines unique French, Italian and Spanish wines are kept as well. The oldest examples of the collections dated the beginning of the 20th century such as “Jewish Paschal” of 1902 is the only example in the World and which is estimated now at the price of 150 thousand dollars by specialists as well as “Ian Beher” liquor of 1902.

You can see these and many other masterpieces of the world winemaking, and also you can visit the Cricova labyrinths and try the best Moldavian wine. All these things you will be able to do having addressed to the Center of Business and Tourism called “Cricova-Vin”, which is an official distributor of the Cricova winery in the territory of Moldova.