Tinta Madeira is a Portuguese red grape, bred from Prieto Picudo Tinto and Savagnin Blanc, historically used in port and other fortified wine production. California's data shows a familiar pattern for the state's port varieties: it is crushed in every one of the last 26 vintages across 9 districts, yet it has zero acres ever logged in the acreage report, meaning production is real but never counted as tracked vineyard acreage. It is used here almost entirely by producers making dessert or fortified-style red wines rather than dry table wine.
What kind of grape this is
- Registry name
- MOLAR
- Species
- VITIS VINIFERA LINNÉ SUBSP. SATIVA (DE CANDOLLE) HEGI
- Berry color
- NOIR
- Country of origin
- PORTUGAL
- Synonyms
- 36
- Approved on a US label
- Tinta Madeira
- FPS selections
- 1
CDFA prints it as Tinta Madeira
names this grape is known by elsewhere, per VIVC
the names TTB permits on a bottle
distinct clones and selections held at UC Davis
Registries
What is published
Counts describe what this atlas holds for Tinta Madeira, 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
- 96
district-years of crush
9 of 17 crush districts, 26 crop years
- 96
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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