 Located to the south,
south-east of the country, set at the bend of the Middle Carpathians,
Vrancea county – an ancient cradle of Romanian civilization – is a
bridge of economic and socio-cultural liaison between the three historical
provinces: Moldova, Tara Romaneasca (Walachia) and Transylvania. The
grapes and wines produced here are the most representative from the point
of view of quality and quantity. Panciu,
a historical land of vine and wine, has been throughout the centuries an
important landmark of the region between Putna and Trotus, the Wolves’
lair at Zboina Neagra and the fields with bearing the memory of the heroes
who died at Marasesti. Located at an altitude of 334 m above the sea level, the vine enjoys here favorable pedo-climatic conditions, namely: average annual temperatures of 9.20C, rainfall: 510 l/sqm, while the predominant soil type is the brown-reddish one. The active vegetation period is of approximately 185 days, ensuring the normal development of the vine. The average hours of sunshine are approximately 2000. Equally important is the vicinity to the E85 national road, facilitating product distribution to both domestic and foreign beneficiaries.
Set
up in 1949, Veritas Panciu has complied with the same quality coordinates
throughout its 50-year existence. S.C. Veritas Panciu S.A. is an symbolof the Panciu vineyard, being famous both nationally and internationally; the 1000 ha making up the entire vineyard area yield constant grape productions each and every year. The
current conditions for grape processing, wine storage and conditioning are
among the most modern, as maximum output is assured both by people’s
skills and the technical state-of-the-art equipment imported from Italy,
Germany and France. Professor
Valeriu D. Cotea, member of the Romanian Academy, came up with the most
eloquent description of the Panciu wines: “Panciu wines stand out
through their softness, their alcohol concentration is not very high and
they are supported by a certain acidity that renders them fresher and
fruitier. They can entertain the consumer for hours on end without
inebriating him at a fast pace. In other words, you may toast to the
health of the others without ruining your own.” Paraphrasing
the ancient “IN VINO VERITAS”, one may say “IN VINO SANITAS” about
Panciu wines, because they convey something of the health and sweetness of
the earth, the golden of the sun and the technology, toil and skill of the
people actually making it. Veritas
Panciu means skill and professionalism manifested through rigorousness
upon enforcing the most modern technologies for creating new plantations
or maintaining the old ones. While speaking of vines at Veritas Panciu,
you don’t refer strictly to the existing natural conditions and the
technology, but also the varieties ensuring the company’s performance.
That is why a 6-hectare viticulture plantation was founded in order make
an experience called “Research on the behavior of new varieties and
valuable clones for eating and wine grapes and certain resilient varieties
given the production conditions of the Panciu vineyard”. Specialists
have experimented 75 varieties and clones so as to discover the
possibility of adapting them to soil-specific conditions, resilient to
diseases, production, ripening time. Depending on the actual results
obtained, S.C. has introduced the most suited varieties into production. Thanks
to their quality, Panciu wines have long crossed the Romanian borders.
Nowadays, wines produced at Panciu are famous in such countries as the
U.K., Germany, the Netherlands, Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Russia, Japan
and the US. But the fame of the Panciu Company is largely due to the
production of Champenoise-type sparkling wines, both white and red, as per
the gross, extra-gross, dry and medium-dry variants. Veritas
Panciu is currently a shareholding trade company, whose owners are the
same persons performing the viticulture activities. The youth and dynamism
of the General Manager Adrian Toma, combined with the oenologists’
experience, constitute a masterpiece destined entirely and exclusively to
customers. When
we speak of Veritas, you speak of tradition, skill, hard work, all placed
at the disposal of the consumer, you speak of trade, distribution
networks, marketing always on the offensive. Through
permanent contacts with domestic and foreign businessmen, the company’s
general manager and its team of managers have ensured the selling of
Panciu products at prices reflecting the quality and the diversity of the
Vrancea vineyard. The main purpose is to maintain an economic and
financial balance in view of streamlining all products and activities,
obtaining an enhanced output and allotting investments to the most
profitable sectors. The
company is currently enjoying a solid prestige based on the results
obtained throughout its 50-year long activity. |
