Fetească Regală
Romania · White · Available (A)
“Royal maiden,” and a genuine 20th-century discovery. Found near Sighișoara in Transylvania in 1920. Romanian ampelography gives its parents as Fetească Albă and Grasă de Cotnari, while molecular analysis reported by VIVC gives Fetească Albă and Frâncușă — synonyms include Dănășană, Galbenă de Ardeal and Királyleányka. Higher in acidity and more structured than Fetească Albă, with rose petal and jasmine aromatics, sometimes almond over dried apricot, and enough grip to make good medium-bodied whites and excellent sparkling wine. Also grown in Austria, Moldova, Slovakia and Hungary.