Baga (grape)

Baga is a red grape that is grown primarily in the Bairrada in Portugal, where it is represented more than 90% of total production. In the 1990s, an area under vines of 11,859 hectares was charged.

The grape is thick- and small, matures late and has a high acid content. Therefore, there is the danger of immaturity and the rot in the rain. Baga is processed into characteristic table wines, but also serves as a basis for solid, tannic wines with decades of aging potential.

Baga is like most varieties monoecious. Einhäusigkeit referred to in seed plants, the presence of female and male flowers on a plant. When the wine-growing economic disadvantage is avoided to have no income supplying male plants grow.

Ethnicity: autochthonous variety from Portugal

Synonyms

The Baga grape is also known under the name Baga de Louro, Baguinha, Bairrada, Tinta Bairrado, Baya, Carrasquenho, Carrega Burros, Gonçalveira, Morete, Moreto, Paga Dívidas, Poeirinha, Poeirinho, Povolide, Preiinho, pretinho, Preto Rifete, Rifete, Rosete, Tinta Bairrada, Tinta Bairradinha, Tinta da Bairrada, Tinta da known Baga, Tinta Tinta Fina and Poeirinha.