Espadeiro is a red
Portuguese wine
Portuguese wine was mostly introduced by the Romans (wine), Romans and other ancient Mediterranean peoples who traded with local coastal populations, mainly in the South. In pre-Roman Gallaecia-Lusitania times, the native peoples only drank beer ...
grape
A grape is a fruit, botanically a berry, of the deciduous woody vines of the flowering plant genus ''Vitis''. Grapes are a non- climacteric type of fruit, generally occurring in clusters.
The cultivation of grapes began approximately 8,0 ...
planted primarily in the
Minho region for making
Vinho Verde. It is also grown across the border, in
Galicia (
Spain
Spain, or the Kingdom of Spain, is a country in Southern Europe, Southern and Western Europe with territories in North Africa. Featuring the Punta de Tarifa, southernmost point of continental Europe, it is the largest country in Southern Eur ...
) where it is used to make
light bodied wines.
[J. Robinson ''Jancis Robinson's Wine Course'' Third Edition pg 138 Abbeville Press 2003 ]
Rather than being a single grape variety, there are several variants in the Espadeiro family of grapes, including Espadeiro tinto and Espadeiro Mole,
with partially overlapping synonyms.
See also
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List of Portuguese wine grape varieties
History of Portuguese wine, Portugal's history of viticulture and Winemaking, vinification covers many centuries and has included the use of an extensive number native varieties. In addition, through experimentation and field trials a number of ne ...
References
Red wine grape varieties
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