Slavonija

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The vineyard areas of Slavonija lie on gently sloping, south-west- and south-east-facing sunny sites on the hills of Dilj, Požeška gora, Krndija, Papuk, and Psunj.
• Towards the east, the rolling foothills of Dilj and Krndija give way to a loess plateau, and the vineyards are situated on gentle Pleistocene diluvial terraces where the soils are enriched with a silicate component and fragmented skeletal material.
• In the lowland zone along the Drava river, the landscape is dominated by an alluvial plain within which an older Pleistocene terrace has been shaped, onto which the Slatina–Voćin hills and the foothill zones of Papuk and Krndija are adjoined.
• The climate of this area is moderately continental, with a mean annual temperature of approximately 10.9 °C and a mean growing-season temperature of approximately 18 °C, with a sum of effective temperatures during the growing season of 1,450 to 1,550 °C.
• Annual precipitation in this area ranges from approximately 714 to 890 mm, evenly distributed throughout the year, and the climate may be classified as humid, with excess moisture during the ripening period.

• The tradition of vine-growing in the Požega area dates back to 1232, when the Cistercians arrived, their monasteries spreading advances in viticulture and winemaking.
• In Slatina, from 1885 to 1912, the first sparkling-wine producer in Croatia operated under the ownership of the princes of Schaumburg-Lippe; their sparkling wine was awarded a high distinction at the 1891 wine fair in Zagreb.
• The vine-training system is of medium height, from 40 to 120 cm, with single or double Guyot as the predominant training form, carrying a light to medium load of 10 to 25 buds per vine.

• White wines are crystal clear, yellow-green to golden-yellow in colour, of medium to high alcoholic strength, with moderate acidity, good extract, and discrete to pronounced aromas of fruit, flowers, and spice.
• Red wines are clear, of varying intensity of ruby-red colour, medium to high in alcoholic strength, with moderate acidity, moderate intensity of tannin ripeness, and pronounced fruit 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-A1660
• Official trade body site — Graševina Croatica – Udruga vinara Slavonije i hrvatskog Podunavlja