🍇 Blatina
Dark-skinned wine and table grape from Bosnia and Herzegovina; one parent is Primitivo; 17 synonyms in VIVC.
Blatina is a dark-skinned wine and table grape from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, one of its parents is Primitivo; the other is unknown.
Samples of the variety are kept in 7 collections. Its flowers are female. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 17 synonyms for it, among them Blathina, Blatyna and Stara Zilavka, so the same grape can turn up under other names. If a grape is named on the label of an EU wine, it makes up at least 85% of that wine.
How it connects to Wine
🍇 Blatina → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Bosnian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Herzegovina, 📍 Mostar, 📍 Čitluk (Međugorje), 📍 Ljubuški, 📍 Čapljina, 📍 Stolac
- Parents
- 🍇 Zinfandel
Frequently asked questions
Where does Blatina come from?
According to VIVC, from Bosnia and Herzegovina.
What are the parents of Blatina?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, one of its parents is Primitivo; the other is unknown.
Under what other names is Blatina known?
VIVC lists 17 synonyms for it, among them Blathina, Blatyna and Stara Zilavka, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 🗺️ Bosnian wine — Bosnian wine is wine from Bosnia and Herzegovina, made mostly in the south from the native grapes Zilavka (white) and Blatina (red).
- 🍇 Zinfandel — A red grape genetically identical to Primitivo and Crljenak kaštelanski; 39,500 acres in California (2019); "White Zinfandel" is a rosé wine.
- 📍 Herzegovina — The south of Bosnia and Herzegovina, home of Žilavka and Blatina, where over 95% of the country's vineyards lie, from the Neretva valley to the Brotnjo plateau.
- 📍 Mostar — A city on the Neretva and the heart of Herzegovinian winemaking, linked to the protected wines Žilavka Mostar and Blatina Mostar.
- 📍 Čitluk (Međugorje) — A wine area on the Brotnjo plateau in Herzegovina, with Žilavka, Blatina, the Blizanci stone vineyard and both family and large cellars.
Similar
🍇 Žilavka · 🍇 Trnjak · 🍇 Grk · 🍇 Boskoop's Glory · 🍇 Scuppernong · 🍇 Vitis amurensis
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Blatina
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata