Periquita

The red variety Periquita is now very common in Portugal. The raised area under vines in 2000 was 20,315 hectares. A large part of this popularity was José Maria da Fonseca in Azeitão south of Lisbon, among the largest wineries in Portugal belonging Well the same name founded in 1834 and from the north of the vine Castelão Francês introduced. The first vines he sat on a vineyard called Periquita. The wine from this situation became so successful that the vine below under the name Periquita became popular.

It is a variety of the noble vine (Vitis vinifera ), has hermaphrodite flowers and is therefore self-pollinated. When viticulture thus the economic disadvantage is avoided, no return delivered to male plants need to grow.

A review by DNA analysis revealed that the variety a crossroads of sorts Cayetana Blanca x Alfrocheiro Preto is Periquita is related due to the same breeding partner with the varieties Malvasia Preta, Mouraton, Cornifesto Tinto and Camarate.

In Portugal, the grape variety in the regions of Trás -os- Montes, Beira Litoral, Beira Interior Sul, Ribatejo, Oeste, Alentejo, Algarve and approved and recommended in the Azores.

It provides very powerful and tannic red wines with moderate alcohol content, are young edible but also storable, because they have a strong acid.

Although the variety Periquita bears the synonym Trincadeira Preta, she is not related to the same variety or identical (Source: Cinccinato da Costa ).

Synonyms: Castelão, Castelão Francês, João de Santarém, Morrágua, Mortágua de Vide Branca, Perikvita Periquito, Piriquita, Piriquito, Santarém, Trincadeira, Trincadeira Preta