Fernão Pires

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Fernão Pires
Grape (Vitis)
Fernao Pires.jpg
Color of berry skinBlanc
Species Vitis vinifera
Also calledSee list of synonyms
Origin Portugal
Notable regions Tejo, Bairrada
Formation of seedsComplete
Sex of flowersHermaphrodite
VIVC number 4100

Fernão Pires is a white Portuguese wine grape grown throughout Portugal, especially in the Tejo and Bairrada, where it is also known as "Maria Gomes". This variety is known to produce wines with a spicy aromatic character, [1] though often with delicate exotic fruity notes. Generally not expected to be a long-living wine, this wine is best drunk in its infancy or matured for up to 2 or 3 years. Outside of Portugal there are some significant plantings in South Africa. [2]

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Fernão Pires is also known under the synonyms Camarate, Fernam Pires, Fernan Piriz, Fernão Pirão, Fernao Pires, Fernão Pires do Beco, Gaeiro, Gaieiro, Maria Gomes, and Molinha. [3]

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References

  1. Wine-Searcher.com
  2. J. Robinson Jancis Robinson's Wine Course Third Edition pg 109 Abbeville Press 2003 ISBN   0-7892-0883-0
  3. "FERNAO PIRES". Vitis International Variety Catalogue VIVC. Julius Kühn-Institut - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (JKI), Institute for Grapevine Breeding - Geilweilerhof (ZR). August 2017. Retrieved 2017-09-23.