Ante Sladić, Debit, Skradin, Dalmatia, Croatia, 2019

Ante Sladić is very committed to the region's indigenous varieties, so much so that he makes three different bottlings of Debit. This grape was once used to pay debts in the area and has also been known as Puljižinac. The 2019 bottling sees four full years on lees, and what a wine results. Redolent with floral notes, yellow flower pollen and beeswax. The palate shows concentrated ripe stone fruits, honeyed apricot skins and a tart note of lemon verbena; the finish is shot through with streaks of stony minerality, lifting this intense wine brilliantly.