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Milesti Mici - wine tour Moldovan big underground wine city

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Milesti Mici Wine Tour

Where:Milesti Mici, Chisinau, Moldova
Duration:1 - 3 hours
In just 30 minutes from Chisinau (capital of Moldova) is the world's largest and one of the most famous underground wine complex of Mileşti Mici. Mileşti Mici is a titleholder in the Guinness World Records as the largest wine collection in the world. It is composed of 250 kilometers of subterranean galleries (only half of which are used) that reach as far as the edge of Chisinau. The collection holds over 1.5 million bottles of wine.

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Overview

Milestii Mici Industrial Complex was founded in 1969 for small storing, maturing and preserving high quality wines. The high-quality wine is produced at the factory and then stored in oak barrels or tanks in cool cellars to be evaluated by experts and ordinary consumers. Today, it is a big underground wine city, alike ancient Roman fortress tunnels, which is from 30 to 85 metres deep and its total length reaches 200 kilometres! You have the unique opportunity to walk along the cool, dark galleries and avenues where big barrels are placed and the bottles are laid down, dusty and covered with spider webs, waiting the day it will be opened for consumption. Each street has the name of a wine brand like Cabernet, Sauvignon etc. Milesti Mici Golden Collection of wines, the oldest wine dated from 1969, is a pride of the country and the nation. It was registered in Guinness Records Book in August 2008 as the biggest Wine Collection in the world, containing over two millions bottles of wine, highly appreciated worldwide.

The Program: Monday to Friday from 9.00 till 17.00

After 17.00 and in holidays there is an additional fee of 100 lei per person. 

The tours are organized in Romanian, Russian and English languages.

The Packages

Wines Industrial Complex “Milestii Mici”

9.00-17.00

 After 17.00 and Holidays

 The tour ~ 40 min.

200 lei 

300 lei

Menu „Butoias" 

Degustation of 3 wines: 2 high quality wines, white and red, and 1 sweet table wine (from the pitcher) - 0.2 liters

of wine of each type per person * This  amount of wine  is calculated FOR A PERSON

 

 

 

 

Snacks: assorted pies (cheese, potatoes, cabbage, apple) ,assorted cheese, dry fruits, nuts, biscuits.

The tour, wine tasting(fourchette), duration - 1 hour

     

Total MDL per person 

 350 lei

 450 lei

Menu „Moldova" 

Degustation of 5 wines: 2 high quality red and white wines and 1 white sweet table wine, 1 dry Rose table wine,

1 sparkling white wine * This  amount of wine  is calculated FOR A GROUP OF  FIVE PERSONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snacks: (chicken roll, pork, beef tongue, cheese, cucumbers, tomatoes), Moldavian chicken soup polenta with

chicken/pork meat and sheep cheese

The tour, wines tasting, snacks, duration - 2 hours

 

Total MDL per person

 550 lei

 650 lei

Menu „Favorit"

Degustation of 7 wines; (2 high quality red and white wines, 1 stored in collection, 3 collection wines, 1 sparkling

wine)* This  amount of wine  is calculated FOR A GROUP OF  FIVE PERSONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snacks: Assorted fresh vegetables with cheese, assorted meat (chicken roulade, cold boiled pork, beef tongue,

assorted pies, chicken fillet wrapped in bacon and baked potatoes

Souvenirs ( 1 high quality red wine, 1 white sparkling wine)

The tour, wine tasting, snack, duration - 2 hours

     

Total MDL per person 

 750 lei

 850 lei

Menu „Pastoral"

Degustation of 3 wines; 2 high quality red and white wine si 1 pastoral ordinary wine(from the pitcher);* 0.5 liters

of each type of moldovan wine per person

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snacks: (blood pudding, fresh vegetables, cheese, assorted pies, baked potatoes with meat, walnut

stuffed prunes

Souvenirs (1 high quality red wine, 1 white sparkling wine)

The tour, wine tasting, snack, duration - 2 hours

     

Total MDL per person 

 800 lei

 900 lei

Menu „Struguras”

Degustation of 7 wines; (2 high quality red and white wine, 1 stored in collection, 3 collection wines, 1 sparkling

wine)* This  amount of wine  is calculated FOR A PERSON

 

 

 

 

Snacks : Assorted cheese, walnuts, dry fruits.

Souvenirs (1 ordinary red wine, 1 ordinary white wine)

The tour, wine tasting, snacks, duration - 2 hours

     

Total MDL per person

 600 lei

700 lei

Menu „Haiducesc”

Degustation of 7 wines; (2 high quality red and white, 1 stored in collection, 3 collection wines, 1 sparkling wine)

* This  amount of wine  is calculated FOR A GROUP OF  FIVE PERSONS

 

 

 

Snacks: (blood pudding, fresh vegetables, cheese, bean soup with smoked meat, pork ribs with baked potatoes

and pickles, or pork belly wrapped in pickled cabbage, fruits

The tour, wine tasting, snacks, duration - 2 hours

     

Total MDL per person 

  900 lei

 1000 lei

Menu „Domnesc"

Degustation of 7 wines; (2 high quality red and white, 1 stored in collection ,3 collection wines, 1 sparkling wine)

* This  amount of wine  is calculated FOR A GROUP OF  FIVE PERSONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snack: Assorted fresh vegetables with cheese,assorted meat (chicken roulade, cold boiled pork, beef tongue),

assorted pies, assorted cheese, Moldovan cabbage rolls, baked pork leg, with baked vegetables or baked

salmon with polenta and sheep cheese, dessert, fruits

Souvenirs (1 high quality red wine, 1 white sparkling wine)

The tour, wine tasting, snacks, duration - 2,5 hours

     

Total MDL per person 

 1300 lei

 1400 lei

Menu „Regal"

Degustation of 7 wines; (2 high quality red and white, 1 stored in collection, 3 collection wines, 1 sparkling wine)

* This  amount of wine  is calculated FOR A GROUP OF  FIVE PERSONS

 

 

 

 

 

 

Snack: Assorted fresh vegetables with cheese, assorted meat (chicken roulade, cold boiled pork, beef tongue),

assorted pies, assorted fish, assorted cheese, meat salad(on oil), sucking pig or beef languette with dried plums,

dessert, fruits

Souvenirs (1 stored collection red wine, 1 collection white wine)

The tour, wine tasting, snacks, duration - 3 hours

     

Total MDL per person 

 1500 lei

 1600 lei

 

Exchange rate MDL to Euro you may find here

 

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