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Fautor Winery Negre 2016 – A Stunning Aged Moldovan Red

Our experience with Moldovan wine is, admittedly, quite limited. When you can find it in the USA (which is more like an “if you can find it”), the options have been quite limited.

So when we ran into a nearly nine year old bottle of Fautor Winery Negre made with Feteasca Neagra and Rara Neagra (Babeasca Neagra) that came with exceptionally high reviews, we knew we had to grab it.

This is one of those bottles that was so good we'd grab another to chuck in our cellar for another decade or so. Don't worry if you don't have the patience to wait for this one, because it was quite the delicious bottle right now, too.

When exploring one of our favorite local liquor stores by Angie's parents' house, we often head to the “other wines/international” section to find bottles from countries that aren't well represented in the US.

When this particular store started stocking Moldovan wines, we had to grab a few bottles purely for the fact that we never had wine from this country to begin with.

We quickly opened our Castel Mimi Rosu de Bulboaca shortly after buying it, and quickly realized that this one was made in the classic Bordeaux style as a blend of Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot. While I admit I never actually looked at the grapes until after buying this one (and maybe would've second-guessed it as I am not a huge Bordeaux fan), this bottle ended up being quite enjoyable all the same.