🍇 Tinta Cão
A red grape from Portugal, permitted for Port and for the wines of the Douro and Dão.
Tinta Cão is a red (black-skinned) wine grape from Portugal. In VIVC its prime name is Tinto Cão; the eight synonyms listed there include Tinta Cão, Tinta Cam, Tintilla Castellana and Castellana Negra.
The variety is among those permitted for Port, the fortified wine of the demarcated Douro region. In making Port, fermentation is stopped by adding wine spirit (aguardente), so part of the grape sugar stays in the wine.
Tinta Cão is also listed among the varieties of the Douro appellation, which covers the region's still wines, and of the Dão appellation. VIVC area statistics for Portugal show 1,059 ha in 1989, 556 ha in 1999 and 330 ha in 2007.
How it connects to Wine
🍇 Tinta Cão → kind of → 🍇 Grape varieties → kind of → 🍷 Wine
Links
- Part of
- 🍇 Grape varieties
- Origin
- 🗺️ Portuguese wine
- Where it grows
- 📍 Douro, 📍 Dão
- Main grape in
- 📍 Douro
- Wines made from it
- 🍷 Port
- Related to
- 🍷 Fortified wine
- Offspring
- 🍇 Rubired
Frequently asked questions
Where does the Tinta Cão grape come from?
From Portugal.
What wine is Tinta Cão used for?
It is permitted for Port and for the wines of the Douro and Dão appellations.
Does Tinta Cão have other names?
VIVC lists eight synonyms, among them Tinta Cam, Tintilla Castellana and Castellana Negra.
What to read next
- 🗺️ Portuguese wine — The country's wine and winemaking: regions, grapes, appellations.
- 📍 Dão — The DOP Dão appellation in north-central Portugal: a granite plateau ringed by mountains, demarcated in 1908; 9,834 ha (2025).
- 🍇 Rubired — A Californian teinturier grape by Harold Olmo: crossed in 1938; California had 9568 acres of it in 2023.
Similar
🍇 Tinta Francisca · 🍇 Tinta Barroca · 🍇 Tinta Carvalha · 🍇 Donzelinho Tinto · 🍇 Donzelinho Branco · 🍇 Viosinho
Sources
- VIVC passport
- VIVC: area by countries (Tinto Cão)
- eAmbrosia: Porto technical file
- eAmbrosia: Douro technical file
- eAmbrosia: Dão technical file
- Wikidata