🍇 Tinta Barroca
Dark-skinned wine grape from Portugal; parents Marufo × Touriga Nacional; 10 synonyms in VIVC.
Tinta Barroca is a dark-skinned wine grape from Portugal.
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Marufo and Touriga Nacional.
According to VIVC, it covered 4,455 ha in Portugal (2010) and 261 ha in South Africa (2009). Samples of the variety are kept in 7 collections. The variety is registered in the European catalogue of varieties.
Why it matters to you. VIVC lists 10 synonyms for it, among them Baroccas, Barroca and Boca de Mina, so the same grape can turn up under other names. If a grape is named on the label of an EU wine, it makes up at least 85% of that wine.
How it connects to Wine
🍇 Tinta Barroca → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Portuguese wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Douro
- Main grape in
- 📍 Douro
- Wines made from it
- 🍷 Port
- Related to
- 🍷 Fortified wine
- Parents
- 🍇 Mourisco Tinto, 🍇 Touriga Nacional
Frequently asked questions
Where does Tinta Barroca come from?
According to VIVC, from Portugal.
What are the parents of Tinta Barroca?
According to DNA markers recorded in VIVC, its parents are Marufo and Touriga Nacional.
Under what other names is Tinta Barroca known?
VIVC lists 10 synonyms for it, among them Baroccas, Barroca and Boca de Mina, so the same grape can turn up under other names.
What to read next
- 🗺️ Portuguese wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grapes, appellations.
- 🍷 Port — A fortified wine from the Douro valley: 19–22 % alcohol; grape spirit stops the fermentation.
- 📍 Douro — The appellation of the Douro Valley in north-east Portugal: 43,808 ha of vines on schist terraces, the home of Port.
- 🍇 Mourisco Tinto — A red Portuguese grape from the Douro Valley.
- 🍷 Fortified wine — Liqueur wines under EU law: 15–22 % actual alcohol, grape spirit added; port, sherry, Madeira, vins doux naturels and mistelles.
Similar
🍇 Touriga Franca · 🍇 Tinta Francisca · 🍇 Tinta Cão · 🍇 Tinta Carvalha · 🍇 Donzelinho Tinto · 🍇 Donzelinho Branco
Sources
- VIVC (Vitis International Variety Catalogue): passport Tinta Barroca
- VIVC: area statistics TINTA BARROCA
- Commission Delegated Regulation (EU) 2019/33 (grape varieties on labels)
- Wikidata