🍇 Croatina
A red grape of northern Italy, known for the wines of Oltrepò Pavese.
Croatina is a red grape from northern Italy. It grows in Lombardy, Emilia-Romagna and Piedmont. It is best known for the wines of Oltrepò Pavese south of the river Po, where wine from it is called Bonarda.
Croatina gives dark, purple wines with good acidity and noticeable tannins. They can be still or slightly sparkling, like Bonarda. In blends Croatina often sits beside Barbera: together they form wines such as Buttafuoco and Sangue di Giuda. The grape also goes into Gutturnio from the Colli Piacentini.
Croatina is a local grape, and it is a way to get to know Italian traditions. It is a simple everyday wine that goes well with sausages, salami and Lombard cooking. It is drunk young or after a little ageing.
How it connects to Wine
🍇 Croatina → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Italian wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Lombardy, 📍 Emilia-Romagna, 📍 Piedmont, 📍 Oltrepò Pavese
- Main grape in
- 📜 Bramaterra, 📜 Coste della Sesia, 📍 Oltrepò Pavese, 📜 Buttafuoco, 📜 Colli Piacentini, 📜 San Colombano al Lambro, 📜 Sangue di Giuda, 📜 Bonarda dell'Oltrepò Pavese, 📜 Cisterna d'Asti, 📜 Colli di Parma, 📜 Gutturnio
- Offspring
- 🍇 Ruchè
Frequently asked questions
What is Croatina?
A red grape of northern Italy, known for the wines of Oltrepò Pavese.
What is Bonarda?
The name of the Croatina wine in Oltrepò Pavese, sometimes slightly sparkling.
What are Croatina wines served with?
Usually sausages, salami and simple Lombard dishes.
What to read next
- 🗺️ Italian wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grape varieties, appellations.
- 📜 Coste della Sesia — Hills on the right bank of the Sesia river in northern Piedmont, with Nebbiolo-based wines.
- 🍇 Ruchè — An aromatic red grape from Piedmont that makes Ruchè di Castagnole Monferrato.
- 📜 San Colombano al Lambro — Wines from the only hill near Milan, by the town of San Colombano al Lambro.
- 📜 Colli di Parma — An appellation on the hills of the province of Parma, often with lightly sparkling wines.
Similar
🍇 Barbera · 🍇 Uva Rara · 🍇 Vespolina · 🍇 Erbaluce · 🍇 Trebbiano Romagnolo · 🍇 Baratuciat