The white wine variety Pošip, actually Pošip Bijeli, is one of the most important grape varieties in Dalmatia. Its origins lie on the island of Kor?ula off Dubrovnik, one of the suspected birthplaces of Marco Polo. The Pošip still plays an important role on the island today. It was created from a natural crossing of the Zlatarica Blatska Bijeli and Bratkovina Bijela grape varieties, although the first mentioned no longer plays a role today. In the past, Pošip was often confused with Furmint, but the two grape varieties have no similarities. The Pošip brings good and, above all, constant and therefore calculable yields. It sprouts early and ripens early too. It is able to achieve a fairly high sugar gradation quite quickly, which makes it ideal for producing sweet wines. However, it is very sensitive to strong winds and, because of its thin-skinned berries, it tends to dry out when the sun is too warm. It is susceptible to both variants of powdery mildew. In addition to the island of Kor?ula, there are even larger deposits of this variety on the territory of the Dalmatian coastal region of Primorska Hrvatska. The variety is used to produce very high-quality, dry white wines, pure or blended with the Bratkovina Bijela variety. The Pošip also seems suitable for aging in barriques. Because of its high sugar content, the berries are also dried and used to produce the sweet wine Prošek, which is highly valued, especially in Croatia, and is sometimes already of very high quality. Occurrences outside Croatia are not known.
This grape variety is also known by the name of:
Posip, Posip Bijeli, Posip Veliki, Posipak, Posipica, Vrgorski Bijeli
