Moreto (grape variety)

Moreto
Synonyms	see section synonyms
Art	Grape vine ( Vitis vinifera subsp. Vinifera )
use	Red grape
origin	Portugal
VIVC no.	7992
ancestry
Cross of Cayetana Blanca, × Alfrocheiro
List of grape varieties

The red wine variety Moreto is an autochthonous variety from Portugal.

distribution

It is recommended to grow them in the Beira Interior Sul , Beira Interior Norte and Alentejo regions . It is also approved in the Ribatejo , Oeste and Algarve regions . The area under vines in Portugal was around 2,499 ha at the beginning of the 1990s, but fell back to just 1,600 ha at the beginning of the 21st century.

Properties, wine

The late-ripening variety is extremely vigorous and high-yielding. The wines made from it are pleasant and have a rather neutral aroma and low acid character.

Synonyms

Arruya, Casculo, Castellão, Moreto d'Alenteijo, Moreto d'Alentejo, Morito, Mureto, Mureto do Alentejo, Tinta de Alter.

See also

• List of grape varieties
• Viticulture in Portugal

Web links

• Grape varieties from Portugal

literature

• Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, Paris 2000, ISBN 2-01-236331-8 .
• Jancis Robinson : The Oxford Wine Lexicon . 3rd revised edition. Gräfe and Unzer Verlag, Munich 2007, ISBN 978-3-8338-0691-9 .