Terrano of Croatia — Profile, Food Pairings & Best Wines | Winedexer
Discover the best wines made with Terrano as a single variety or as a blend of Croatia.
More informations about the variety Terrano
Nervy, mineral reds with an intense violet-ruby robe, firm tannins and cutting acidity, showing aromas of red fruits (tart cherry, redcurrant), blackberry, wild herbs, iron and characteristic mineral notes of karst soils. Refreshing palate, saline finish. Star of Carso DOC (Friuli, Italy) and Kras (Slovenia) on the ferruginous red soils of the Adriatic plateau. Autochthonous Friulian-Slovenian variety, related to refosco.
More informations about the wines of Croatia
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.
What are the typical flavors of the Terrano grape variety?
- Red fruitPresent in 39% of Terrano
- OakPresent in 31% of Terrano
- EarthPresent in 29% of Terrano
- Black fruitPresent in 19% of Terrano
- SpicesPresent in 17% of Terrano
- Non oakPresent in 16% of Terrano
- MicrobioPresent in 8% of Terrano
- Citrus fruitPresent in 4% of Terrano
- Dried fruitPresent in 4% of Terrano
- Tree fruitPresent in 3% of Terrano
- VegetalPresent in 2% of Terrano
- FloralPresent in 2% of Terrano
- OakyPresent in 1% of Terrano
- BlackberryPresent in 1% of Terrano
- BlueberryPresent in 1% of Terrano
- TobaccoPresent in 1% of Terrano
- VanillaPresent in 1% of Terrano
- Black currantPresent in 1% of Terrano
- CherryPresent in 1% of Terrano
- LeatherPresent in 1% of Terrano