Pokuplje

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• In the Pokuplje area, heavier soils predominate — pseudogleys and leached soils — and it is the leached soils over marl that are classified as suitable for viticulture.
• The relief of Pokuplje is highly dissected, with numerous slopes, hillocks and hills, and the entire area is cut through by valleys and ravines carrying streams and small rivers.
• The Vukomeričke gorice are a low, rolling upland with hillside plateaus and flat terraces, where vineyard sites lie at elevations of 180 to 210 metres on slopes of varying aspect and gradient.
• Pokuplje belongs geologically to the south-western part of the Tertiary Pannonian Sea basin and today forms a geomorphological component of the Sava Depression.
• The climate of this area is moderately continental, with a mean annual temperature of around 11.1 °C, an effective heat summation during the growing season of 1,250 to 1,450 °C, and approximately 892 mm of annual rainfall, of which more than 55% falls during the growing season.

• It is believed that viticulture in this area was practised as far back as the Illyrians and Celts, pointing to a long history of grape-growing and winemaking in these lands.
• The predominant training system for the vine in this area is single and double Guyot, while the production structure is mainly characterised by small, family-run cellars.

• The white wines of this region are crystal clear, yellow-green in colour, medium in alcohol, with moderate acidity, good extract, and aromas ranging from discreet to pronounced fruit, floral and spice notes.
• Wine from the Frankovka variety is of intense ruby-red colour, medium body and a refreshing, fruity palate; owing to the greater diurnal temperature variation, the wines are rich in acidity.

• The continental climate, with its pronounced difference between higher daytime and lower night-time temperatures in the period leading up to harvest, favours the production of fresh, approachable wines with good acidity levels and composition, as well as expressive primary fruit and floral aromas.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

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Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-HR-A1656
• Official trade body site — Bregovita Hrvatska