Tinta Barroca is a Portuguese Douro variety, one of the port grapes, bred from Marufo and Touriga Nacional. California's data shows a brief, thin presence: crush reports carry it for 13 vintages between 2001 and 2014 across six districts, then it disappears from the record entirely, and no acreage figure was ever recorded for it. That pattern points to a small quantity used experimentally, likely by producers making port-style wine, rather than a grape anyone committed real vineyard acreage to on a lasting basis.
What kind of grape this is
- Species
- VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
- Berry color
- NOIR
- Country of origin
- PORTUGAL
- Parentage
- MARUFO×TOURIGA NACIONAL
- Synonyms
- 10
- FPS selections
- 2
confirmed by DNA markers
names this grape is known by elsewhere, per VIVC
distinct clones and selections held at UC Davis
Registries
What is published
Counts describe what this atlas holds for Tinta Barroca, not what California grows. A zero is a published answer: it means the source names the grape and reports nothing under it, or does not name it at all.
- 0
county-years of acreage
the Grape Acreage Report has never named it in a county table
- 26
district-years of crush
6 of 17 crush districts, 13 crop years
- 26
district-years of Brix
tonnage-weighted at the crusher, Crush Report Table 3
- 0
producers in this atlas
producers whose curated wine list names it — a curated roster of 2,772 producers, not a census of California
- —
regions with a maturity date
not one of the eight cultivars with a
Tonnage and price by district
Reported by crush district — never by county or AVA
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Brix at the crusher
Reported by crush district — never by county or AVA
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