Tinta Francisca

Tinta Francisca is a red grape variety . It is cultivated in the north of Portugal in the areas of Beira Litoral, Beira Interior and Trás-os-Montes . It is also grown on a small scale in South Africa. Their origin is still unclear. It is said to have been brought from France to the Quinta de Roriz (between Pinhão and Tua on the Douro) by the Irishman James Archibold. A first assumption that it was the Pinot Noir turned out to be wrong. Smaller plantings are also known in South Africa. The variety sprouts late and produces rather light red wines with strong sweetness and little character. It is one of the varieties, albeit the less important one, for port wine .

A DNA analysis showed a closer relationship to the Portuguese grape variety Tinto Cão .

See also : Viticulture in Portugal , Viticulture in South Africa and List of Grape Varieties

Synonyms: Tinta de Franca, Tinta Franceza.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Characterization of portuguese grapevine Cultivars using random amplified polymorphic DNA markers by F. Leal, I. Castro, H. Guedes-Pinto, O. Pinto-Carnide, JM Ortiz and JP Martãn

Web links

• Tinta Francisca in the database Vitis International Variety Catalog of the Institute for Vine Breeding Geilweilerhof (English)

literature

• Pierre Galet : Dictionnaire encyclopédique des cépages . 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 .
• Richard Mayson: Port and the Douro . 1st edition. Hachette Livre, 2004, ISBN 978-1-84000-943-9 .