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[Esgana]
Also known as, Esgana, Esganinho, Esganiso.
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ESGANA (CÃO): Synonym for the Sercial grape widely grown on the island of Madeira and known as Cerceal where grown in Portugal.
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White Ports are produced the same way as red Ports, except that they use white grapes—Esgana-Cão, Folgasão, Malvasia, Rabigato, Verdelho, and Viosinho.
The white grape types (all of which are in fact included in the blend for our Delaforce White.) are mind boggling in their variety: Malvasia, Viosinho, Arinto, Boal, Codega, Esgana Cão, (literal translation is dog strangler!), Folgosão, Gouveio, ...
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