Port Grapes

Question 1

Touriga Franca

Answer 1

Early/mid - late = warm sites. Tight bunches, thick skin, fungal resistant. Vigorous. Colour and tannin, red and black fruit, floral.

Question 2

Tinta Roriz (Tempranillo)

Answer 2

Early - early = cool sites. Powdery mildew, eutypa dieback fairly resistant to botrytis bunch rot. Body and colour. Capable of producing high yields -> needs to be limited or wines can lack concentration. Raspberry and black plum fruit.

Question 3

Tinta Barroca

Answer 3

Early - early = cool sites - Baixo and Cima - prone to heat damage and grape shrivelling. Less floral, more earthy flavours soft, full-bodied, cherry and blackberry can lack acidity unless in coolest sites. Colour tends to fade quickly. High yields.

Question 4

Tinta Amarela (Trincadeiro)

Answer 4

Early/mid - early. Tight bunches - prone to fungal disease.Fll body, black fruit and spice, approachable in youth + capable of ageing.

Question 5

Touriga Nacional

Answer 5

Early - mid. Coulure => can lower yields substantially & cause vine imbalance, vigorous. Thick skinned. Deep colour and tannin. Retains acid. Black fruit and floral.

Question 6

Tinto Cão (red dog)

Answer 6

Early - late. Small thin skinned, fungal restistant, heat tolerant. Low yielding. Concentrated wines, high acid.

Question 7

Sousão (Vinhão in other regions)

Answer 7

Mid/late - midlate.Thick skinned. Deep colour acid. In Douro: found mainly in the old mixed vineyards e.g. in ungrafted Nacional vineyard of Quinta do Noval. E.g. by Symington: appreciated for acidity / freshness.

Question 8

Malvasia Fina (Boal in Maderia)

Answer 8

WHITE Late - early. Neutral, medium acidity, full body. Honey character. In Madeira: Boal Cachudo - grows best in warm, low-altitude sites in S of island, need irrigation. Easy to grow.

Question 9

Moscatel Galego Branco

Answer 9

Early - mid (Muscat blanc à petits grains) Drought tolerant, aromatic.