Wine region
Codru
Codru is a wine region in Moldova, home to 3 wineries, producing red, white wines, known for Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio.
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Codru's 3 wineries produce predominantly white wine; Chardonnay is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry IGP designation.
Characteristic grapes
Codru is best known for Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio. The most-bottled single-varietal wines here are Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio.
Wine styles from Codru
Most common single-grape wines
When Codru wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:
- Chardonnay
- 1 single-grape wine
- Pinot Grigio
- 1 single-grape wine
Wine profile
Codru is predominantly a white-wine region (about 83% of its wines) — expect white wines, often from grapes like Chardonnay.
6 distinct Codru wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
- White5 · 83%
- Red1 · 17%
Types: Still.
Representative Codru wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Chateau Vartely — Feteasca Regala
- Budburst — Chardonnay
- Cricova — Red Wine
- Chateau Vartely — Acasa Pinot Grigio
- Budburst — Pinot Grigio
- Chateau Vartely — Traminer
Quality designations
Wines here carry IGP status — a controlled quality designation.
- IGPEU Protected Geographical Indication (Indication Géographique Protégée) — a regional wine label, broader than AOP.
Moldova wine designations
- IGP
- In Moldova, IGP identifies wine products from protected geographical indication regions. The national system lists Codru, Ștefan Vodă, Valul lui Traian and Divin.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
How to choose a good Codru wine
Look for the IGP designation — it signals a controlled-origin Codru wine.
FAQs
- Which grapes are associated with Codru?
- Codru is represented in the WhatDrink region dataset by Chardonnay, Pinot Grigio. Grape coverage reflects the products currently linked to the region and is not a complete legal planting register.
- What do the designation terms on Codru wines mean?
- IGP: In Moldova, IGP identifies wine products from protected geographical indication regions. The national system lists Codru, Ștefan Vodă, Valul lui Traian and Divin. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
- How are wineries and producers selected for Codru?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative Codru wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Codru?
- The current regional catalogue contains 6 linked wines from 3 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.