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[Aragonez]
Spain's leading red variety delivers a richly satin-like texture as well as deep, black fruit flavour, often tinged with strawberry aroma. Chocolatey tannins are often a feature.
It is also fairly common in Argentina, and plays a minor role in the wines of two regions of Portugal, the central Alentejo, where it is known as Aragonez and used in red table wine blends of variable quality, and Douro, ...
In Portugal the grape is known as the (Tinta) Roriz and Aragonez. Large acreages are grown in Argentina.
under different names like a spy with many passports. Even in Spain, its homeland, tempranillo is known as tinta de Toro, tinta del pais, tinto fino, cencibel and ull de llebre ("hare's eye"). In Portugal it is called tinta roriz or maybe aragonez.
Another interesting wine region of Portugal is Alentejo, located in the southern part of the country, where are mainly produced red wines with the grapes Periquita, Aragonez, the name used in this region to refer to Tempranillo, and Trincadera Preta.
Tempranillo is known variously throughout Spain as Cencibel, Tinto del Pais, Tinto Fino, Ull de Llebre and Ojo. It's also grown along the Douro River in Portugal under the monikers Tinta Roriz (used in the making of Port) and Tinta Aragonez.
 See also: Grape, Region, Quality, Tempranillo, Wine
  
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