Overview Flashcards
Western border?
Adriatic Sea
Croatia’s NE border?
Serbia and the Danube River
Dalmatia is a stunning and complex terrior with how many islands?
1000
How many climate zones does Croatia have?
A”it is the only country in Europe to have all 5.
Divided into 3 primary regions
The peninsula of Istria in the north bordering Italy. The Dalmatian coast extending to the south. Slavonia, the larger continental area to the east.
Istria is know for what aromatic white variety?
Malvasia Istriana
Dalmatia is the ancestral home to why red variety?
Crljenak Kaštelanski, along with the celebrated offspring Plavac Mali
Tzurlyenik kashtelyanski
What is Croatia’s most widely planted red variety?
Plavac Mali
When did Croatian wines gain attention in the US?
Mid-1990’s when Mike Grgich launched an ambitious and upscale wine project back on his native soil.
Graševina
gra-sche-wi-na
Welshriesling
Frankovka
Blaufränkisch
Plavac Mali is grown in 2 regions with long-standing reputation?
Postup and Dingač
Plavac Mali thrives in why conditions?
Clinging to the precipitous cliffs of limestone directly above the Adriatic Sea- Mediterranean climate.
Why is the highest mountain peak?
Dinara-1831 meters / 6007 feet
Length of the coastline?
1777 kilometers / 1104 miles
CA - 840 miles
WA / OR / CA - 1293 miles