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    Plavac Mali

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Plavac Mali is a grape variety with black berries.1

    Its country of origin is Croatia.2

    In 2023 it covered 500 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 358 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

    It is now grown in one country only: North Macedonia.2

    Between 2000 and 2023 its area shrank by 92%.2

    VIVC records 63 other names for it.1

    vinoluma engraving: a schematic leaf, not a botanical description of the variety.
    Berry skin (VIVC)
    black1
    Origin
    Croatia2
    Area, 2023
    500 ha2
    World rank
    358 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 95491

    Area by country

    1. North Macedonia500 ha

    Area, 2023

    6,5391,5691,7145002000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Plavac Mali grows

    1. OriginCroatia
    2. AreaNorth Macedonia

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    Other names

    Plavac Mali Crni · Plavec Mali · Plavecmal · Babic Kasteljanac · Crljena · Crljenac · Crljenak · Crljenak Mali · Crljenak Oprhljas · Crljenak Pucavac · Crljenak Smijavac · Crljenak Trkas · Crljenak Trogirski · Crljnak Kasteljanski · Crna

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 9549. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC), Julius Kühn-Institut, 2026. level 2
    2. Database of Regional, National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 to 2023. Anderson K., Nelgen S., Puga G. Wine Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide (CC BY 4.0), 2026. level 3