Varieties Flashcards
Touriga Franca
- N°1 planted
- Late ripening
- Thick skins
- High vigour
Contributes:
Red and black fruit
Floral
Tannin
Acidity
Colour
Tinta Roriz
(Tempranillo/Aragonez)
- Early ripening
- Water stress
- High yields
Contributes:
Body
Colour
Tinta Barocca
- Early ripening
- High yields
- Heath damage/grape shrivelling
- Can lack acidity
- Colour fades quickly
Contributes:
Earthy flavours
Touriga Nacional
- Mid ripening
- Thick skins
- Coulure
- High vigour
Contributes:
Black fruit
Floral
Tannin
Colour
Acidity
Tinta Cão
- Late ripening
- Heat tolerant
- Thick skins
- Low yields
Contributes:
Concentration
Acidity
Tinta Amarela
(Trincadeira)
- Tight bunches
Contributes:
Full body
Black fruit
Spices
Sousão
- Thick skins
Contributes:
Colour
Acidity
Malvasia Fina
(Boal)
- Neutral
- Medium acidity
- Full body
- Neutral
- Honey & Nuts when aged
- Oxidative style of White Port
Moscatel Galego Branco
(Muscat Blanc à Petit Grains)
- Aromatic
- Fruity, unoxidised styles of White Port
Palomino Fino
(Listán)
- 97% of Jerez plantings
- Mid to late ripening
- Drought resistant
- High yields
- Neutral
- Loses acidity quickly
Moscatel de Chipiona
(Muscat of Alexandria)
- Sandy Arenas soils
- Late ripening
- Drought resistant
- Aromatic: orange blossom & grape
- Naturally sweet styles of sherry, or as a sweetening component
PX
(Pedro Ximénez)
- High sugar levels
- Neutral
- Low acidity
- Raisins, molasses, licquorice (when dried)
- Naturally sweet styles of Sherry, or used as a sweetening component
Tinta Negra
- N°1 planted on Madeira
- High yielding
- Easy to grow
- Recommended since 2015
- All sweetness levels
Sercial
- High acidity
- Late ripening (last one to be picked)
Resistant to:
Powdery mildew
Susceptible to:
Grey rot
Poor fruit set
Verdelho
- N°2 most planted on Madeira
- High acidity
Susceptible to:
Grey rot
Powdery mildew
Downey mildew
Coulure
Boal
(Malvasia Fina)
- Needs warm sites
- Susceptible to drought
Malvasia Cândida
- Limited plantings
- Being replaced by Malvasia São Jorge
- High quality but susceptible to powdery mildew
Malvasia São Jorge
- High yields
- High sugar levels
- High acidity
- Susceptible to grey rot
Terrantez
- Limited plantings
- Picked at 9% abv
Susceptible to:
Powdery mildew
Grey rot
Muscat Blanc à Petit Grains
- Drought tolerant
Susceptible to:
Powdery mildew
Grey rot
Mites
Compared to Muscat of Alexandria:
Smaller grapes
Greater intensity
More refined
More widely planted
Muscat of Alexandria
- High sugar
- Drought tolerant
Susceptible to:
Powdery mildew
Grey rot
Grenache Noir
- Late ripening
- High yields
- Pale colour
- High sugar
- Drought tolerant
Susceptible to:
Coulure
Downy mildew
Phomopsis
Grey rot
Brown Muscat
(Muscat à Petits Grains Rouge)
- Dark colour mutation of Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains
- Aromatic: grape & floral
- 8% of Rutherglen grapes, N°3 variety
