During the period of insemination, because of the rain, it can fail in giving fruits, and it is then called „praznobačva“ (emptybarrel). Blatina is a quality and in specific locations a  premium quality dry red wine, produced with the variety of grapes that has the same name, with 15% addition of pollinating varieties.

It’s a strong and fresh dry red wine with 12 to13.5 % of alcohol, 5 to7 g/l of total acidity, 25-32 g/l of

extract. It has a dark ruby red colour, particular and characteristic aroma, as well as a full and harmo-

nious taste. As a southern wine it has a satisfying concentration of acid. It is good to let it age for  several years in wooden barrels, even more, the quality is the highest, they say, with up to 5 years of aging. It is recommended to drink Blatina with intensively flavoured meals, meat from game, especially roastmeat, fish stew, and beef ham. It is drunk slowly, undiluted,   on 18 to 20 ºC, from nicely shaped glasses, and in a rural ambience from a wooden jug.

Beware of its strength!  It condenses the sun and all of the Herzegovinian summer heat.