red grape · regional specialty
Debit
Northern Dalmatia, Croatia
Say it
deh·bit
Pronounced nearly identically to the English word 'debit'; Croatian 'e' is a clean /ɛ/, not the diphthong of American 'day'
On the palate
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How you spot it blind: Bright citric acidity over chalky limestone minerality with Mediterranean herb lift
The story
First written down · 1857, Dalmatia
First recorded as 'Debich' by Franz Petter in 1857, Debit was rehabilitated from bulk-wine obscurity by Dalmatian winemakers in the 1990s, with BIBICh exporting it to the U.S. by 2007.
Where it lives
Northern Dalmatia, Croatia · Šibenik-Knin County, Croatia
Shows up as
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