Touriga Franca

E403054

Touriga Franca is a key Portuguese red wine grape variety, especially valued in the Douro for producing structured, aromatic wines and forming an important component of many Port blends.

All labels observed (2)

Label Occurrences
Touriga Franca canonical 4
Touriga Francesa 1

How this entity was disambiguated

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf grape variety
red wine grape variety
wine grape
associatedWineRegion Douro Demarcated Region
surface form: Porto e Douro DOC
blendingPartner Tinta Barroca
Tinta Roriz NERFINISHED
Tinto Cão
Touriga Nacional
climateSuitability continental climate
warm climate
commonUse quality wine production
countryOfOrigin Portugal
grapeColor black-skinned
grapeSpecies Vitis vinifera
importance one of the most planted red varieties in the Douro
importantRegion Douro River
surface form: Douro

Douro Valley ONNED1
notableCountryOfCultivation Portugal
primaryColorOfWine red
roleInBlend aromatic component
structural component
synonym Touriga Franca self-linksurface differs
surface form: Touriga Francesa
typicalAlcoholLevel moderate to high alcohol
typicalAroma black fruit
floral notes
herbal notes
red fruit
spice
typicalColorIntensity deep color
typicalStructure ageing potential
good acidity
good tannin structure
typicalTanninLevel medium to high tannins
typicalWineStyle aromatic
concentrated
full-bodied
structured
usedFor Port wine
fortified wine
still red wine
usedIn Douro red blends
Port blends
vineCharacteristic late ripening
productive
vineVigour vigorous
wineProfile fruity and floral with firm structure

How these facts were elicited

Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Baixo Corgo grapeVarietiesUsed Touriga Franca
Cima Corgo primaryGrapeVariety Touriga Franca
Tinta Barroca usedWithOtherVarieties Touriga Franca
Touriga Franca synonym Touriga Franca self-linksurface differs
this entity surface form: Touriga Francesa