Chateau Purcari Winery

The only place in Moldova where the favorite wine of the royal families is served.

How do you see Moldova on the map? Like a grape. How does Moldova taste? Like Black Purcari Wine: True, unique, unmistakable.
The story of Purcari began in the XVIII century on the vineyards of the Afon-Zograf Monastery − a place predestined to give birth to one of the best wines of the world. Since 1878, when he won the first gold medal in the blind tasting at the World Exhibition in Paris, Negru De Purcari is the visiting card of Moldova. The wine from which legends originated, which inspired artists and simple people.

Purcari is almost 200 years old and is located at the same latitude as the famous French area Burgundy − the homeland of the most precious wines. Explored at first by French and German settlers, in 1827, Purcari became the first winery in Bessarabia, by decree of Russian Tsar Nicholas i, due to the perfect soil for viticulture. Here, even today, an ecosystem is alive in which modern technologies have never intervened. The wine that is served at Purcari has the ideal storage temperature, just like centuries ago.

A modern restaurant with dishes worthy of 5 stars, and a hotel with 10 luxurious rooms, and a few meters from it − a whole vintage, hidden in Purcari cellars and oak barrels. Purcari is the place where the past is intertwined with the present.

Also here, on the territory of Chateau is the production line. The friors pass you to know that next to you are produced, matured and bottled the best Moldovan wines, awarded with gold and platinum medals at the most prestigious wine competitions in the world − wines that then go for export to 35 countries of the world and enter the Top 1% of the best wines of the world, according to Vivino users.
At Purcari, every pebble breathes history, and sommeliers and professional guides take care that visitors live to the full every moment of the trip.

Here, in the south-east of Moldova, on a mouth of heaven, you can take refuge from the eyes of the world near the vineyards spread over 300 hectares and two lakes on which Swans roam freely. If there is a perfect place on Earth, Then This is Purcari. The place where every visitor is part of an age-old story and worth visiting at least once in a lifetime.