Many of the 50 hectares of old vines are planted at Bolovanu, on a hill from which the rich soil has been washed downhill by thousands of years of wind and rain. The gravel that can be seen at the roots of the vines on the slopes is a warning to any connoisseur that here the vines needed time and vigour to dig their roots into the soil in order to nourish themselves and develop grapes of the highest quality.

The soil, the slope, the winds and the beneficial influence of the Olt River, which balances the effects of the sun rays and the summer heat, give the modern Bolovanu wine cellar of Vinarte the opportunity to process grapes for which most winemakers would give “a hand and a foot”, as the Romanian saying goes.