Discover the top 100 best white wines of Croatia as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the white wines that are popular of Croatia and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Croatia is an important wine-producing country on the Adriatic Sea, at the western end of Europe's Balkan Peninsula. Formerly Part of Yugoslavia, it borders Slovenia, Hungary, Serbia, Bosnia-Herzegovina and Montenegro.
Export trade, although modest, has grown over the past two decades. The main Croatian styles are Dry white wines of Grasevina (WelschRiesling) and Malvasia, and rustic, Full-bodied red wines.
These wines are usually made from the Plavac Mali Grape.
White wine accounts for about two out of every three bottles produced in the country. In the interior regions, only 10% of the total annual production is red wine. The multitude of indigenous varieties that were once common here has declined alarmingly in recent decades.
Grasevina (Welschriesling) has Long been the preferred white variety in Croatian vineyards. It is supported by the regional specialties Bogdanusa, Grk, Posip and Vugava. The first is so reliable and prolific that it is called a "godsend". The second, Powerful and aromatic, was once considered the Viognier of the Rhone Valley.
Crisp, aromatic dry whites with a pale golden colour, soft texture and preserved acidity, showing signature aromas of white flowers (acacia), citrus (lemon), almond and white-fleshed fruits. Also made as fresh sparkling wines and round botrytised dessert wines. The backbone of Croatian and Balkan white wine, it is the Croatian name for Welschriesling, unrelated to German Riesling.
white wines from the region of Croatia go well with generally quite well with dishes of rich fish (salmon, tuna etc), shellfish or vegetarian such as recipes of papillotes of simple salmon steaks, scupion (small cuttlefish) in hot sauce or goat cheese and bacon quiche.
