Muntenia viticola brings together the hilly area of the Getic Subcarpathians and the curving Subcarpathians, with the more gentle slopes exposed to the sun all day long and along the rivers that spring from the mountains or cross the Carpathians: Olt, Arges, Dambovita, Prahova and Buzau. The Dealu Mare area is and will continue to be, for the foreseeable future, the epicenter of quality wines in Romania, with the highest concentration of small, medium and large producers, oriented towards wine production. Premium. A critical moment in the development of Dealu Mare vineyard was the phylloxera invasion which was first reported at Chitorani in 1884, followed by the replanting of the vineyards with old Romanian varieties grafted on rootstocks resistant to the insect attack.