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Tinta Barroca
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Tinta Barroca is a Portuguese red wine grape that is grown primarily in the Douro region with some plantings in South Africa.
Tinta Barroca (red)
This is a robust Portuguese variety used as a blender in port but also popular in South Africa and known in Australia too.
Tinto Cao (red) ...
TINTA BARROCA: Red wine Portgrape variety grown in the Douro region of Portugal. In the Stellenbosch region of South Africa it is used as a blending wine, along with Souzão, to produce fortified Port-style wines.
Among the best are Touriga Nacional, Touriga Franca, Tinta Roriz, Tinta Barroca and Tinto Cão. There are nine types of Port that vary in quality, complexity and oak aging.
White Ports are generally produced with the grapes Códega, Gouveio, Malvasia Fina, Rabigato and Viosinho, whereas for red Ports are used the grapes Touriga Nacional, Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz (known in Spain as Tempranillo), Tinto Cã ...
Port, a blended wine, is made with up to five red grape varieties: Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão, Touriga Francesa, and the most highly regarded: Touriga Nacional.
There are basically five red varietals that can be included in Port: Tinta Barroca, Tinta Roriz, Tinto Cão, Touriga Francesa, and Touriga Nacional. Of these, Touriga Nacional is big, flavorful, and the most important in the lot.
 See also: Grape, Red, Wine, Portugal, Port
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