🍇 Pošip
White wine grape from Croatia; parents Zlatarica Blatska × Bratkovina Bijela; 8 synonyms in VIVC.
Pošip is a white wine grape from Croatia. In the VIVC catalogue it is listed under the prime name Posip Bijeli, and the name Pošip is among its synonyms.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Zlatarica Blatska and Bratkovina Bijela.
Samples of the variety are kept in 5 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 8 synonyms for it, among them Prosip Bijeli and Vrgorski Bijeli, 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
🍇 Pošip → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Croatian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Dalmatia, 📍 Central and Southern Dalmatia
- Main grape in
- 📜 Coastal Croatia, 📍 Central and Southern Dalmatia
Frequently asked questions
Where does Pošip come from?
According to VIVC, from Croatia.
What are the parents of Pošip?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Zlatarica Blatska and Bratkovina Bijela.
Under what other names is Pošip known?
VIVC lists 8 synonyms for it, among them Prosip Bijeli and Vrgorski Bijeli, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 📍 Central and Southern Dalmatia — Pelješac, Hvar and Korčula, with Plavac Mali.
- 🗺️ Croatian wine — The wine of Croatia: 19,938 ha of vines and 603 thousand hl of wine (2024), 4 wine regions, 18 PDOs; the most widely planted grape is Graševina.
- 📍 Dalmatia — The Mediterranean coast and islands.
- 📜 Coastal Croatia — The general label for wines of all coastal Croatia from Istria to Dalmatia.
Similar
🍇 Grk · 🍇 Crljenak Kaštelanski · 🍇 Cetinka · 🍇 Plavac Mali · 🍇 Sušac Crni · 🍇 Trnjak
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Posip Bijeli
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata