Posavje follows the lower Sava through southeastern Slovenia, a hilly region of narrow valleys and steep vineyard slopes. Its three wine districts are Dolenjska, Bizeljsko-Sremič and Bela krajina, and lighter reds and whites are a common thread.
Marls and sandstones bound by limestone are widespread. Modra Frankinja and Žametovka are important reds; Laški Rizling and Kraljevina are important whites. Rumeni Plavec makes full-tasting whites in Dolenjska and Bizeljsko-Sremič, while Modra Frankinja is medium-full-bodied, harmonious and slightly spicy.
Dolenjska is known for light, low-alcohol Cviček with red-berry aromas, though it also makes varietal wines, rosés and traditional-method sparkling wines. Bizeljsko-Sremič produces refreshing red and white Bizeljčan wines. In Bela krajina, light-bodied Belokranjec and Metliška Črnina sit alongside growing interest in Yellow Muscat and Blaufränkisch.
Inside the region
5 named areas
Each guide keeps its place within Posavje clear, with a direct route back to the map.
- 01Bela krajinaNo producers listed yetBela krajina is Posavje's warmest district, set between the Gorjanci hills and the Kolpa River. Its traditional wines are light-bodied, while large day-night temperature differences help aromatic wines retain freshness.
- 02BelokranjecNo producers listed yetBelokranjec is a traditional light-bodied wine from Bela krajina. Belokranjec PTP is sold in original packaging and cannot enter commercial circulation before 30 November of the grape-harvest year.
- 03CvičekNo producers listed yetCviček is a wine of Dolenjska in Posavje: light, low in alcohol and marked by red-berry aromas. It is especially associated with limestone and dolomite soils.
- 04DolenjskaNo producers listed yetDolenjska is Posavje's coldest wine-growing district and the home of light, low-alcohol Cviček. Its producers also make varietal wines, rosés and traditional-method sparkling wines, with Rumeni Plavec among the local white varieties.
- 05Metliška črninaNo producers listed yetMetliška črnina is a traditional light-bodied wine of Bela krajina, first bottled in 1968. Its PTP version is sold in original packaging and cannot enter commercial circulation before 30 November of the grape-harvest year.