montenegrin beverages

The most important autochtounous grape varieties in Montenegro: Vranac and Krstac Vranac from Montenegro is a strong, fully bodied wine, or as we say in Montenegro, wine for men. This wine has a real southern temperament, with ruby color. It is usually blended with Cabernet Sauvignon and Kratoshia to make the wines of unique taste. This wine variety got a name by the black color of its berry. This wine has a fruity smell where the aroma of cherry is dominated, but one can also recognize the smell of blackberry as well. The wine Vranac has a full and harmonic taste with the great balance of high alcohol and natural fruit acids. This wine is primarily dry, but it can also be semidry or semisweet based on the region where the grapes are made. The wine has a deep ruby or deep red color. It has a great harmony of tastes on sour (tannins), sweet (alcohol and glycerin) and acids (wine acid). Specially developed bouquet and great taste after aging of 5 to 6 years, make this wine great accompanied of different meats. It is served on the room temperature where its subtle bouquet and full harmonic taste is developed. The reducing sugar in the case of semisweet wine having around 20 grams per liter makes the wine very full and such wine is recommended as a cocktail wine. The dry wine with the sugar content up to 4 grams per liter after the aging makes the rich wine bouquet, while its intensity primarily depends on the content of acids in the wine, or its acidity or PH value. This wine is typically tannic. After the aging, the tannins become softer and less rough. Vranac is the wine great for the aging in bottles. As the result of aging these wines develop specific bouquet of dry plums, chocolate, green walnut, and an aroma of vanilla if the wine had previous storage in high quality wooden barrels. On the other hand, after the aging the sweet glycerin component becomes more significant, and the color is changed. The wines made from Vranac have very different characteristics if the wines are made in different parts of Montenegro, and especially if the grapes are coming from Dalmacia, Popova Fields from Herzegovina or Macedonia, or even some other northern parts. The wine has the best characteristics if the grapes are made where the real origin of Vranac is-Montenegro. The Vranac is not a variety suitable for northern regions according to the opinions of many experts. That is because this variety can only rarely be technologically mature if grown in north climate conditions. The features of wines depend on the producer style, but also on the selection of the grape varieties which are mixed with Vranac in the process of vinification. The wines are best if they are made in Crmitza where the origin of Vranac is or wine growing area of Cemovsko Polje, operated by only large company 13.jul Plantae. Vranac is the wine with many international and domestic awards (more than 500 golden medals), with five gold medals from prestigious Monde Selection from Brussels and the title of the World Champion from International wine selection in Ljubljana. Krstac (White Krstac) has origin in Montenegro, where the wine with a same name is produced in the categories of dry premium and quality wine with controlled geographic origin. The grape juice has 19 to 22% of sugar, no color, and with 5 to grams per liter of acids. Its randman is 65%. The wine is very potable, harmonic with very specific variety taste and yellow green color. It has an aroma of vineyard peach. The aroma is very sustainable over the time. This wine is great with its unique style and recognition. Introduced white grape varieties of Zupljanka and Rkaciteli which have a long time spread in the Podgorica vine growing area make a great combination with Krstac in order to have a wine which brings all the good features of these varieties by preserving all variety characteristics of White Krstac. The wine has alcohol content from 10.5 to 13 vol% and acids from 4.5 to 5.5 grams per liter. It has an almost prefect balance between alcohol and acids with its total content of acids of 5 to 5.5 grams per liter. That feature is similar to continental white wines, but Krstac definitely kept his uniqueness of Montenegro. Since it belongs to Mediterranean, this wine has a reach extracts from 22 to 26 grams per liter, glycerol from 7 to 9 grams per liter and stronger color which comes as a variety characteristics if this wine, and not result of an oxidation. The wine has a color of yellow straw