Ramisco

Ramisco is an indigenous red grape variety in Portugal and is almost exclusively in the area of ​​Colares in Sintra north of Lisbon on the Atlantic - grown coast. A special feature of the area is that the vineyards are spared by the present there 2 to 3 meters deep sandy soil of phylloxera and therefore the variety is still grown ungrafted today. In the 1990s, an area under vines of almost 150 hectares still was charged. By increasing residential development of the vineyard, but decreases continuously.

The late-ripening variety has plum blue, small berries with thick skins. The variety produces fragrant, dark colored and strong tannic red wines with moderate alcohol content, which should be a few years before drinking, but for decades and storable.

See also the article viticulture in Portugal and the list of grape varieties.