(known as Tinta Roriz in Portugal) Spain’s most widely planted red grape variety (and second most planted, after the white grape Airén). It produces tannic wines with a range of spicy, savoury flavours alongside red fruit such as strawberry. In Rioja traditionally it was given extended oak ageing and in Portugal it is a key grape variety in the production of Port. Outside the Iberian peninsula it is found in small quantities in France and the Americas and is seeing increasing popularity in Australia.
