Life Style / Wine Grapes / Crljenak Kasteljanski: (Pronounced 'curl-yen-ik kastel-yanskee'). Has synonym names Pribidrag and Tribidrag. Variety indigenous to Croatia, a former province of Yugoslavia. Recent DNA analysis (reported 2001) has shown it to be identical to California's Zinfandel. Because it is recorded as having been grown in Croatia for at least 200 years its claim to fame as the origin of the latter grape appears to be secure. It also appears to be one of the parents, along with the Dobricic variety, of Plavac Mali.
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