Dolenjska is Posavje's coldest wine-growing district. Its continental climate has Alpine and sub-Pannonian influences, with very cold winters and warm summers. Slate, sandstone, marl, limestone and dolomite all occur in its soils. Cviček remains central: a light, low-alcohol wine with red-berry aromas. Dolenjska also uses the local white variety Rumeni Plavec for full-tasting white wine. Alongside Cviček, the district now makes varietal wines, rosés and traditional-method sparkling wines.
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- Bela 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.
- BelokranjecNo 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.
- CvičekNo 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.
- Metliška črninaNo producers listed yetMetliška črnina is a traditional light-bodied wine of Bela krajina, first bottled in 1968. Its PTP version must be sold in its original packaging and cannot be sold before 30 November of the harvest year.