WINEGROWING AREA

The Komarna winegrowing area began planting its first grapes in the year 2008, while in April 2013 it received its official name. The Komarna winegrowing area is located at the position of South Dalmatia in the Dubrovnik-Neretva County, on the road from Split to Dubrovnik (60 km before). It is a relatively young winegrowing area covering 82 hectares of vineyards planted by seven up and coming producers. The soil of this region is skeletal, made up mostly of limestone and very little earth, with an incline of up to 30%, with vineyards positioned from 250 m above sea level and continuing all the way down to the sea. The vineyards face south and southwest and, owing to their unique location all producers are registered for organic production. The varieties planted in the vineyards contain 92% of indigenous Dalmatian varieties:Plavac, Pošip,Tribidrag,Maraština, Babic, while the rest are international varieties (Syrah, Chardonnay, Tempranillo, Cabernet, Viognier).

There are currently four winemakers in Komarna with their wines on the market (Saints Hills; Rizman; Volarević and Poljopromet), while three are waiting for their first wines (Cooperatives Modro-zelena, Neretvanski branitelj and Deak Family Farm). Two wineries, Rizman and Poljopromet, have already been built in the area, and the other wineries should be completed soon, a wine trail connecting all the wineries will follow.

The wineries have established their own association under the name K7, which aims to control the quality of the wine in the Komarna winegrowing region and promote the common interests of the wineries and development of rural tourism in this region.

Find out more about the wineries at:
www.rizman.com.hr
www.saintshills.com
www.vinogradi-volarevic.hr
www.poljopromet.hr