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Touriga Franca
Touriga Franca is a red grape important in Douro blends. It must be kept separate from Touriga Nacional in the atlas and in specimen artwork.
Identity and growing conditions
Wines of Portugal describes dependable cropping and relatively healthy fruit. Its promotional planting proportions are not treated here as a current census, and historical recommendations are not substituted for appellation rules.
Wine styles and uses
The source describes deep colour, berry and floral impressions, and firm tannins. It records blending with Touriga Nacional and Tinta Roriz; blend composition still depends on the particular wine.
How it connects
Wine region
- grown in Douro