Hrvatsko primorje

Appellation

Hrvatsko primorje is an appellation in Croatia across 23 communes. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type: ZOI (PDO)
Category: Liqueur Wine/Semi-Sparkling Wine/Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since: 2013-07-01
Area: 304,238 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 188.14 × 149.15 km
Centre: 45.0610° N, 14.5398° E
Grapes: Alicante Bouschet, Babić, Bilan Bijeli, Blaufrankisch, Brajda Velika Crna, Brajdica Bijela, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Crljenak Kaštelanski, Debejan, Debit, Draganela Bijela, Gamay Teinturier, Gegić Bijeli, Grenache Blanc, Hrvatica, Jarbola, Malvazija Istarska, Manzoni Bijeli, Maraština, Merlot, Moscato Giallo, Muscat Blanc, Muscat Noir, Muškat Ruža Crni, Nebbiolo, Ošljevina Bijela, Pinot Blanc, Pinot Gris, Pinot Noir, Plavac Mali Crni, Plavina Crna, Plavác Krčki, Plavčina, Refosco, Semillon, Suščan, Syrah, Teran, Trbljan Bijeli, Trojšćina Crvena, Volarovo, Žlahtina, Žumić
Other grapes: Croatina Crna, Grenache Noir, Magrovina, Mejsko Belo, Rušljin Crni, Sauvignon, Verdić
Max yield: 84 hl/ha

Where it is

Nearest town: 18 km south-west of Crikvenica
Nearest city: 31 km south of Rijeka 107,964 people
To the sea: 3.5 km
Same latitude: Eola-Amity Hills (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation: -2–1,623 m
Mean elevation: 522 m

Measured over the whole outline on 17,392 elevation cells of about 435 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Bedrock

Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)91%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 23

Bakar
Cres
Crikvenica
Karlobag
Kastav
Kostrena
Kraljevica
Krk
Lovran
Mali Lošinj
Matulji
Mošćenička Draga
Novi Vinodolski
Opatija
Pag
Rab
Rijeka
Senj
Skradin
Vinodolska Općina
Vir
Viškovo
Čavle

Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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