After the Ancient Greeks and Romans who used amphorae for wine storage and transport, barrels became a widespread means of wine storing, and became crucial for maturing of wine. Barrels have a twofold function in winemaking; they accelerate wine aging, and add a distinctive wood flavour and bouquet.
Fine making and maturing in oak barrels give the wine Plavac Mali (barrique++) its highly noble bouquet and make a great complement to an already strong flavour of the variety Plavac Mali.

Acknowledgements: Sabatina 2003, Sabatina Champion 2003, Vinovita 2004 Gold Medal

Rosé wine Opolo Nobile is enjoyed as a young, a year old wine. It is produced using a special technology (decantation after 12 hours) that gives this wine a beautiful pink colour and its distinctive freshness. Opolo Nobile was modelled on young French (Beaujolais) wines, and it is best to drink it until it is 10 months old.

Acknowledgements: Vinovita 2004 Best bottle and etiquette design

Plavac is a wine made from selected grapes of the homonymous variety Plavac. Older vines and better locations of vineyards yield better crops and guarantee superior quality of wine. Having this in mind, we produced Plavac, the wine with fascinating harmony of flavours that sets high criteria for this type of varietal vines.

Hektor is a type of wine produced with the same technology that is used in making Port. Partially fermented red wine Hektor is mixed with the distillate of last year's Plavac, which stops the fermentation so that the resulting mixture is both strong and sweet (containing 35-49g/l grape sugar). The wine ages in oak barrels.

Prošek is an authentic Croatian dessert wine, made using dried grapes of the finest indigenous Dalmatian varieties. Although it often gets mixed up with Prosecco, Italian sparkling wine, Prošek comes from the coastal region of Dalmatia, which is still the only place where it is made.
Prošek Hectorovich was named after Petar Hektorović, a great poet, hedonist and nobleman who came from the island Hvar.

Acknowledgements: Sabatina 1998 Gold medal for bottle and etiquette design, Vinovita1999 Gold Medal, Vinovita 2000 Gold Medal, Sabatina 2003 Gold Medal

Travarica "Hvar u Boci" is a type of herbal brandy made with the wine distillate from authentic wines of the island Hvar, flavoured with seven Mediterranean herbs, predominantly carob and sage. A part of the herbs is distilled together with the wine, but most of it is left to macerate in the distillate.

Acknowledgements: Sabatina 2003 Silver Medal

Sv. Klement (Pošip) comes from the grapes of the excellent Pošip variety that has recently started to receive its due attention in Croatia. The grapes and the name come from the vineyard run by family Bracanović, situated on a little island in the Hvar archipelago (Pakleni otoci) called Sveti Klement (i.e. Saint Clement). Since Sv. Klement is a new wine, it does not yet have an appellation of origin or grape variety specified on the label, but its quality can speak for itself.

Sv. Klement (Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot) is made from the grapes that come from a vineyard on an island Sv. Klement, run by family Bracanović. This wine is our tribute to the great tradition of blending these classic grape varieties. Since Sv. Klement is a new wine, it does not yet have an appellation of origin or grape variety specified on the label, but its excellence speaks for itself.