CRICOVA Winery tour with tasting from Chisinau

Meet your driver at your accommodation.,

be ready sometimes the way to Cricova winery could take from 30 to 40 minutes.

Discover Cricova, the biggest and one of the most impressive wine cellars in Europe. Cricova cellars are truly unique in the world. The history, archaeology, and the art of winemaking joined their forces and formed a genuine underground town.

Cricova Winery Moldova with wine tasting. It is a real underground wine city with wide streets, warehouses, and tasting rooms. The total length of this enterprise is 120 km The “Grand Cellars of Cricova” houses a varied collection of wines, The National Oenotec. The unique exhibits (“Jerusalem of Easter” vintage 1902, the liqueur “Jan Becher” vintage 1902) together with other 158 brands from Burgundy, Moselle, Tokay, and the Rhine, are in the collection of the establishment as well as of Moldova in general, comprising nowadays a total of about 1.3 million bottles. History of Cricova Legend has it that in 1966 cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin entered the cellars, re-emerging (with assistance) two days later. Russian President Vladimir Putin celebrated his 50th birthday there.

The winery visit includes

• The underground streets
• The wine maturation section
• The sparkling wine production section
• The National Collection and “Tasting Rooms”
• The underground cinema

The winery tour is followed by a wine tasting that includes 4 types of wines and aperitives like nuts and biscuits. Cricova is a real underground wine city with streets, warehouses, and tasting rooms. The total length of the passages is 120 km. The constant annual temperature is 12ºC and the average humidity is 97–98 %. These conditions are perfect for keeping about 30 mln liters of high-quality wine. Cricova cellars employ the strict classic French technology of sparkling wine production.

After the wine tour the driver will dropp you off.

time  to drive 30-40 min.