Debit

Debit is a late-ripening white grape believed to be native to North Dalmatia. It is mainly used in everyday light varietal wines or as a blending grape, usually combined with other regional varieties. The best expressions of Debit come from Promina and Drniš wine regions. At the beginning of the 20th century, Debit was an esteemed grape variety, but it slowly lost its prestigious status, and by the early 1990s, it was primarily produced with prolonged maceration, which resulted in unimpressive and dull white wines.

By the mid-1990s, several producers gave up on the extended maceration and started producing vibrant and aromatic white wines with bright acidity and a distinctive mineral character. Late harvest Debit grapes are sometimes used in rich and concentrated dessert wines, while some producers even saw the grape's potential to produce exceptional sparkling wines. It is still assumed that the grape originated in Croatia, though its alternative name Puljižanac—roughly translated as a person from Apuglia—might suggest Italian origin.