Skaramuča Pošip
Winery: Skaramuča
Classification: Dry white wine
Varietals: 100% Pošip
Appellation: Island of Korčula, Dalmatia, Croatia
Density & Yield: 8,000 vines/ha; 1 kg/vine
Annual Production: 50,000 bottles
Alcohol: 13%
Climate: Mediterranean, with dry and hot summers, and mild winters
Terrain: Inland locations on the Island of Korčula, mostly flat and approximately 300 meters above sea level. Red soil with clay stones over a limestone base.
Farming: Organic. No irrigation, minimal amount of spraying in Spring and mid-Summer months, with small amounts of powdered sulfites and occasionally copper.
Vinification: Hand-harvest followed by a couple days of skin maceration and controlled cold fermentation between 16° C - 18° C in stainless steel (inox) tanks. Fermentation is done through high-grade (noncommercial) yeasts. The wine is aged for 8 months in stainless steel (inox) tanks, coarsely fined and filtered before bottling.
Tasting Notes: Pošip is an incredibly old indigenous Croatian varietal that dates back to the 4th century BC (!) that originally comes from the island of Korčula, where Skaramuča family sources the grapes for this wine today. This pošip has a light-golden color, it is loaded with bright aromas of melon and dried herbs. Its salty freshness and tremendous minerality invites you to keep on sipping.
Serve chilled with oysters, shrimp, traditional Dalmatian scampi in brudet sauce, mussels prepared in a variety of ways, grilled white fish, or roasted chicken.
Winery Information
Skaramuča
Skaramuča family farms the largest vineyard in the Dingač appellation on Pelješac Peninsula today. This extreme region is considered to be the best plavac mali site in Croatia, with only a handful of growers producing limited quantities of wine.
