Some spirits are created for a market.Others arrive carrying the memory of another era.
Ultima Rezervă Dacia Apold is a mature Romanian wine distillate presented by ZETEA after more than three decades of quiet maturation in oak. It was not designed to a brief. It was recognized, preserved, and prepared for a new chapter.
What arrives in the bottle today is the outcome of time, provenance, and a family’s decision to protect a piece of Romanian distilling heritage rather than allow it to disappear.
Chapter I
Born from a Transylvanian Wine Tradition
The Apold area, in southern Transylvania near Sibiu, sits within a landscape long shaped by vineyards, wine, and the quiet craft of wine distillation. It is a region where cellars, orchards, and oak have coexisted for generations.
It is against this backdrop — and further north, in Medieșu Aurit, where the ZETEA Workshops operate today — that this reserve found its two homes: the place it came from, and the hands that carried it forward.
45.7983° N · 24.1256° E
Sibiu · Southern Transylvania
The old Saxon city near Apold — cellars, orchards, and oak.
Plate I · Provenance
Chapter II
Dacia Apold — A Name Remembered
The reserve carries forward the character associated with the former Dacia Apold spirit, once known in Romania for wine-based distillates. Its name is not decorative. It is a point of continuity with an earlier chapter of Romanian distilling.
Under ZETEA stewardship, that lineage is neither rewritten nor exaggerated. It is acknowledged, preserved, and given a contemporary presentation shaped by restraint.
Chapter III
More Than Three Decades in Oak
Time is not an ornamental detail in this spirit. It is one of its principal makers. More than thirty years of contact with oak allowed the wine distillate to evolve slowly, gaining color, integration, and maturity.
Stage 1
Distillation
Wine reduced to distillate
Stage 2
Cask Entry
Oak begins its work
Stage 3
Long Maturation
More than 30 years in wood
Stage 4
Presentation
Preserved by ZETEA
Young
10y
20y
30y
30+
The House Seal
An Interlude · The Mystery of Time
Hors d’Âge — Beyond Age
Hors d’Âge is a French term borrowed by the world’s great cellars — Cognac, Armagnac, Calvados — to describe a spirit whose maturation has passed so far beyond ordinary age statements that it can no longer be counted in single years. It is a mark of extreme age and a signal of the master’s hand.
For Ultima Rezervă Dacia Apold, this designation is not a marketing gesture. It is the honest name for what remains unknown.
The Documented
The family holds the archival records of the day the oak casks were sealed and laid down in the cellar at Apold, Sibiu — a date confirmed, dated, kept.
The Unknown
What no document records is the year the wine itself first entered those casks. It may be forty. It may be fifty. Sixty, or more. The exact origin remains a mystery.
30+
What can be affirmed with certainty is a minimum of thirty years in oak. Everything beyond that number belongs to the silence of the cellar.
Allocation · A Finite Cellar
Thirty Thousand Litres. Nothing More.
The entire reserve at Apold amounts to a total of 30,000 litres. Not a production run — the whole of what exists. Once released, no successor vintage can be created. The allocation has been structured in three defined tranches.
Tranche IOpening
10,000L
Founding Allocation
The first ten thousand litres offered to trade at the founding price — reserved for the earliest partners and connoisseurs.
Founding Price
Tranche IIDoubled
10,000L
Second Allocation
When Tranche I is fully placed, the remaining ten thousand litres will be released at twice the founding price — a fixed step reflecting the diminishing reserve.
× 2 Founding Price
Tranche IIIWithheld
10,000L
The Family Reserve
The final ten thousand litres will never be offered for commercial sale. They remain the property of the Zetea family — a private inheritance kept in the cellar at Apold.
Not for Sale
10,000 L · Founding10,000 L · × 210,000 L · Family
Trade partners are advised to inquire early. Tranche placement is recorded in the order private commitments are received.
Chapter IV
What Is Vinars?
Vinars is a Romanian wine distillate matured in wood. For an American audience, the closest clear category description is Romanian aged wine brandy, subject to the final approved U.S. label classification.
Wine→
Distillation→
Oak Maturation→
Selection→
Presented by ZETEA
Chapter V
Preserved by ZETEA
ZETEA’s role here is not that of a bottler alone. It is the role of a Romanian distilling family — several generations deep — preserving, evaluating, and presenting a mature reserve with respect for its existing identity.
The work is quiet. Assessment, protection, careful presentation. Nothing is added that would obscure what more than three decades of oak have already done.
·Multiple generations of Romanian distillers
·ZETEA Workshops, Medieșu Aurit
·Respect for the reserve’s original character
·Disciplined presentation for trade partners
The Object
A Presentation Worthy of the Reserve
Bottle, closure, label, and presentation case — each detail shown as it arrives from the ZETEA Workshops.
Verified Details
The Reserve, Documented
Product
Vinars “Ultima Rezervă Dacia Apold”
Category
Romanian Aged Wine Brandy
Origin
Romania
Presented by
ZETEA of Transylvania
Created at
ZETEA Workshops, Medieșu Aurit
Base
Wine distillate
Maturation
More than 30 years in oak barrels
Alcohol
40% ABV
Bottle
700 ml
Color
Naturally developed through aging
Designation
Hors d’Âge, as presented on the approved packaging
Verse — Adrian Păunescu
“Born from fire and wine, a spirit stands tall, carrying its century with grace in the glass.”
— Adrian Păunescu
Sensory Profile
Detailed sensory notes and service guidance are available to qualified trade partners upon request.
Ultima Rezervă in Motion
The craft, captured
Positioning
Designed for Considered Placement
Ultima Rezervă Dacia Apold should not be treated as a conventional high-volume listing. Its strongest presentation is selective, story-led, and supported by education, provenance, and controlled account placement.
Luxury spirits retailers
High-end hotels
Fine-dining beverage programs
Private clubs
Collector-focused retailers
Executive and ceremonial gifting
Allocation
U.S. Availability by Private Trade Inquiry
Proposed United States availability is subject to federal approval, state registration, import arrangements, and licensed distribution.
Supporting documentation — technical sheets, producer statements, age and packaging authorizations — is made available to qualified trade partners through a secure resource room.
Document
Technical Sheet
Available on request to qualified partners.
Document
Producer Statement
Available on request to qualified partners.
Document
Age Statement
Available on request to qualified partners.
Document
Packaging Authorization
Available on request to qualified partners.
The Celebrities' Reserve
A New Chapter, Written Among Icons.
ZETEA is opening a new chapter — an exclusive collection crafted for connoisseurs and lovers of rare experiences. Built around a Vinars aged more than thirty years, The Celebrities' Reserve marks the partnership with I SUCCESS, with bottles valued from €2,000 upward, and reaffirms ZETEA's standing as a true ambassador of Romanian authenticity.
Venice · I Success Gala. Silviu Zetea presents the +30 Hors d'Âge decanter alongside American actor Eric Roberts, during the international tour The Feelionaire by Oliveris.
The Object. The +30 Dacia Apold decanter in its presentation case, unveiled to guests of the evening.
Eric Roberts with Silviu Zetea, founder of ZETEA.
Press · Bucharest, September 1, 2025
Silviu Zetea, an ambassador of Sătmar refinement, welcomes Eric Roberts to Bucharest.
On the occasion of an exceptional visit to Romania, American actor Eric Roberts — brother of Julia Roberts — was received with authentic Romanian hospitality in the elegant protocol lounge of Otopeni Airport. Among the personalities greeting him was Silviu Zetea, entrepreneur from Sătmar and founder of the premium pălincă brand ZETEA, internationally recognized for its quality and tradition.
Silviu Zetea, recently honored at the I Success Gala in Venice, was one of the guests of honor contributing to the regal welcome of the actor. ZETEA pălincă, at more than €2000 per bottle, was the star of the moment, praised by Eric Roberts for its refinement and its authentic Romanian character.
“Eric will launch, together with ZETEA, a special collection of Vinars aged more than thirty years — with bottles priced from €2,000 upward.”
The event is part of the international tour The Feelionaire by Oliveris, which showcases top brands and elite networking. Through it, Silviu Zetea continues to stand out as an ambassador of authentic Romanian values — proving once again that Romanian excellence belongs alongside the great names of global film and culture.
Ultima Rezervă Dacia Apold brings together a historic Romanian name, more than three decades of maturation, and ZETEA’s commitment to preserving and presenting exceptional spirits with dignity.
