The flavor of oak in wine of Croatia
Discover the of Croatia wines revealing the of oak flavor during the olphactive analysis (nose) and during the gustative analysis (mouth).
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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.
The word of the wine: Bâtonnage
A very old technique that has come back into fashion in modern oenology, which consists of shaking the white wine in the barrels at the end of fermentation, or after fermentation, with a stick or a flail, in order to suspend the fine lees composed of yeasts at the end of their activity. This process is sometimes used for red wines.
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What are the typical grape varieties with flavor d'oak of Croatia?
- Plavac maliIn 23% of wines with flavor d'oak
- MerlotIn 17% of wines with flavor d'oak
- Cabernet-sauvignonIn 12% of wines with flavor d'oak
- ChardonnayIn 9% of wines with flavor d'oak
- ZinfandelIn 4% of wines with flavor d'oak
- TerranoIn 4% of wines with flavor d'oak
- GewurztraminerIn 2% of wines with flavor d'oak
- Gamay noirIn 2% of wines with flavor d'oak
- BabicIn 2% of wines with flavor d'oak
- Cabernet francIn 1% of wines with flavor d'oak