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Grasă de Cotnari

golden sweet wine from Moldavian Cotnari made from shrivelled grapes

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Drawn, not photographed Updated September 2026
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History

The Cotnari vineyards date to Stephen the Great’s fifteenth-century Moldavia; the Grasă grape shrivels to give wines compared with Tokaj.

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What is Grasă de Cotnari?

Grasă de Cotnari is a wine & spirit from Romania: golden sweet wine from Moldavian Cotnari made from shrivelled grapes. The Cotnari vineyards date to Stephen the Great’s fifteenth-century Moldavia; the Grasă grape shrivels to give wines compared with Tokaj.

Made with

grapes

Cooked

driedfermented

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