This variety is specific in that it succeeds only in the district of Krk and Vrbnik field. In Vrbnik is cooperative with a few wine producers. Vrbnik and Zlahtina today are synonymous because it only there and succeed.

This variety came to the island of Krk 80-years of the 19th century, and only Vrbnicko field between the two world wars. The name comes from the wine Zlahtina zlahten Common Slavic adjective, meaning noble. This wine is light yellow to straw color, delicate aroma and distinctive taste fine. Freshness, what he can give only a harsher climate, characteristic of the northern Adriatic region where this grape has adapted, and the northerly location of vineyards on the island of Krk.