Imperfect · 2024
Imperfect White
Fetească Regală and Fetească Albă
A Dobrogean Fetească blend, no make-up, with all its small asymmetries left in plain sight.
A wine that lets itself be discovered at each person's own pace. The first time it wins you over; the second, it shows you why.
- Yellow pear
- Ripe peach
- Crisp acidity
Seasonal salads, fresh cheese, a sunset without a phone.
79 lei
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The story
Where it comes from
Dealul Vifor · Dobrogea
Imperfect is Rasova's bet on Romanian varieties: Fetească Albă, Regală and Neagră, grown on Dealul Vifor and left to tell the truth about where they come from, asymmetries and all.
Every label carries Nichita Stănescu's “The Lesson on the Cube”: perfection needs a broken corner. The family's favourite wine, and the poem the winery measures its work against.
Variety
Fetească Regală and Fetească Albă
Vintage
2024
Style
Dry
Appellation
DOC-CMD Murfatlar
Serve at
10–12°C
Volume
750 ml
Tasting notes
An elegant, complex and beautifully textured Dobrogean blend of Fetească Albă and Fetească Regală. It shows generous aromas of ripe grapes, yellow pears, apples and ripe peaches, rich and round, with secondary mineral impressions, ripe citrus and white flowers.
It stands out for an elegant, vibrant palate, very firm and with tropical nuances that can gain amplitude with age. The body is perfectly balanced by a crisp red-grapefruit acidity; the aftertaste is intense, built on ripe citrus, with a marked freshness.
- White grapes
- Pears
- Peaches
- Elegant
- Vibrant
A Dobrogean blend of Fetească Albă and Fetească Regală: elegant, complex and beautifully textured. It shows generous aromas of ripe grapes, yellow pears, apples and ripe peaches, rich and round, completed by mineral impressions, ripe citrus and white flowers. It stands out for an elegant, vibrant, firm palate with tropical nuances balanced by a crisp acidity and citrus accents. The aftertaste is intense, complex and balanced, built on ripe citrus with secondary hints of ripe fruit.
Profile
Ageing potential
6–7 years
Quality tier
DOC Murfatlar
Recommended glass
Degustazione White, Riedel Sauvignon Blanc
Winemaker
Răzvan Macici
Pairs with
- cheeses
- white meat
- seafood
- vegetables
Harvest and winemaking
Picked carefully into small crates, the grapes are held cold overnight and sorted berry by berry. 85% of the gravity-settled must is fermented for freshness in stainless steel, where it is kept on its fine fermentation lees. The remaining 15% is fermented in 225-litre oak barriques, where the young wine matures for 4 months with periodic stirring. In February the three parts are assembled into the final blend, followed by bottling.
The vineyard
- Vine age: over 40 years
- clay and sandy loess
- south-east and south
