Varieties

Question 1

Touriga Franca

Answer 1

• N°1 planted
• Late ripening
• Thick skins
• High vigour

Contributes:
Red and black fruit
Floral
Tannin
Acidity
Colour

Question 2

Tinta Roriz

Answer 2

(Tempranillo/Aragonez)

• Early ripening
• Water stress
• High yields

Contributes:
Body
Colour

Question 3

Tinta Barocca

Answer 3

• Early ripening
• High yields
• Heath damage/grape shrivelling
• Can lack acidity
• Colour fades quickly

Contributes:
Earthy flavours

Question 4

Touriga Nacional

Answer 4

• Mid ripening
• Thick skins
• Coulure
• High vigour

Contributes:
Black fruit
Floral
Tannin
Colour
Acidity

Question 5

Tinta Cão

Answer 5

• Late ripening
• Heat tolerant
• Thick skins
• Low yields

Contributes:
Concentration
Acidity

Question 6

Tinta Amarela

Answer 6

(Trincadeira)

• Tight bunches

Contributes:
Full body
Black fruit
Spices

Question 7

Sousão

Answer 7

• Thick skins

Contributes:
Colour
Acidity

Question 8

Malvasia Fina

Answer 8

(Boal)

• Neutral
• Medium acidity
• Full body
• Neutral
• Honey & Nuts when aged
• Oxidative style of White Port

Question 9

Moscatel Galego Branco

Answer 9

(Muscat Blanc à Petit Grains)

• Aromatic
• Fruity, unoxidised styles of White Port

Question 10

Palomino Fino

Answer 10

(Listán)

• 97% of Jerez plantings
• Mid to late ripening
• Drought resistant
• High yields
• Neutral
• Loses acidity quickly

Question 11

Moscatel de Chipiona

Answer 11

(Muscat of Alexandria)

• Sandy Arenas soils
• Late ripening
• Drought resistant
• Aromatic: orange blossom & grape
• Naturally sweet styles of sherry, or as a sweetening component

Question 12

PX

Answer 12

(Pedro Ximénez)

• High sugar levels
• Neutral
• Low acidity
• Raisins, molasses, licquorice (when dried)
• Naturally sweet styles of Sherry, or used as a sweetening component

Question 13

Tinta Negra

Answer 13

• N°1 planted on Madeira
• High yielding
• Easy to grow
• Recommended since 2015
• All sweetness levels

Question 14

Sercial

Answer 14

• High acidity
• Late ripening (last one to be picked)

Resistant to:
Powdery mildew

Susceptible to:
Grey rot
Poor fruit set

Question 15

Verdelho

Answer 15

• N°2 most planted on Madeira
• High acidity

Susceptible to:
Grey rot
Powdery mildew
Downey mildew
Coulure

Question 16

Boal

Answer 16

(Malvasia Fina)

• Needs warm sites
• Susceptible to drought

Question 17

Malvasia Cândida

Answer 17

• Limited plantings
• Being replaced by Malvasia São Jorge
• High quality but susceptible to powdery mildew

Question 18

Malvasia São Jorge

Answer 18

• High yields
• High sugar levels
• High acidity
• Susceptible to grey rot

Question 19

Terrantez

Answer 19

• Limited plantings
• Picked at 9% abv

Susceptible to:
Powdery mildew
Grey rot

Question 20

Muscat Blanc à Petit Grains

Answer 20

• Drought tolerant

Susceptible to:
Powdery mildew
Grey rot
Mites

Compared to Muscat of Alexandria:
Smaller grapes
Greater intensity
More refined
More widely planted

Question 21

Muscat of Alexandria

Answer 21

• High sugar
• Drought tolerant

Susceptible to:
Powdery mildew
Grey rot

Question 22

Grenache Noir

Answer 22

• Late ripening
• High yields
• Pale colour
• High sugar
• Drought tolerant

Susceptible to:
Coulure
Downy mildew
Phomopsis
Grey rot

Question 23

Brown Muscat

Answer 23

(Muscat à Petits Grains Rouge)

• Dark colour mutation of Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains
• Aromatic: grape & floral
• 8% of Rutherglen grapes, N°3 variety