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Partner Secret Dalmatia writes about the wine grapes Babic and Debit in Grabovci, hinterland of Vodice in Croatia’s north Dalmatia.
Bermet, a red aromatic Croatian wine made from selected grapes, wormwood and southern fruit. By Roberat
The white Debit grape was apparently named after wine specifically produced to pay a Napoleonic tax. The rich dark Babic grape is the best known/most widely used in Croatia (of about 54 varieties!), producing a dark red, deeply flavoured wine with a pungent bouquet. To add to the complexity, these grapes will produce different-tasting wines depending on the soil and exact location they are grown at, e.g. resulting in a lighter taste from sandy soils and richer, headier flavours when grown in rich red-clay type fertile land. There is further variation introduced by the particular slope the growing land’s at, local water/rain amounts and so on. These variations result in about 620 different types of wine!
So, if you’re visiting Croatia’s northern Dalmatian region on a wine-tasting tour, be prepared to spend some time getting to sample a good selection of what’s on offer, and make sure you leave the driving to someone else!
The Istrian peninsula, north of Dalmatia, is also well known for its wine.
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