Albariño
Sign in to saveright|thumb|Albariño grapes on a slope near the river Sil (river)|Sil in [[Ourense, Spain]] Albariño () or Alvarinho () is a variety of white wine grape grown in Galicia (northwest Spain) and in Northwest Portugal (Monção and Melgaço, Alto Minho) where it is also used to make varietal white wines. Albariño is the name for the grape in Galician. In Portugal it is known as Alvarinho, and sometimes as Cainho Branco.
Key facts
- Grape variety.name
- Albariño / Alvarinho
- Grape variety.color
- Blanc
- Grape variety.image
- Cacho.JPG
- Grape variety.caption
- Bunch of Alvarinho /Albariño grapes
- Grape variety.species
- Vitis vinifera
- Grape variety.also_called
- Alvarinho and other synonyms
- Grape variety.origin
- Galicia and Portugal
- Grape variety.regions
- Minho, Portugal; Galicia, Spain
- Grape variety.notable_wines
- Vinho Verde (Vinho Alvarinho), Rías Baixas
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6 sectionsContents
- Major regions
- Wine characteristics
- Viticulture
- Synonyms
- See also
- References
right|thumb|Albariño grapes on a slope near the river Sil (river)|Sil in [[Ourense, Spain]] Albariño () or Alvarinho () is a variety of white wine grape grown in Galicia (northwest Spain) and in Northwest Portugal (Monção and Melgaço, Alto Minho) where it is also used to make varietal white wines. Albariño is the name for the grape in Galician. In Portugal it is known as Alvarinho, and sometimes as Cainho Branco.
It was once thought that Albariño/Alvarinho was brought to Iberia by monks from the monastery of Cluny in the twelfth century, but recent studies point to Albariño/Alvarinho being native to Galicia/Portugal. Both the Galician "Albariño" and the Portuguese "Alvarinho", derive from albo<albus, meaning "white, whitish". It has also been theorized that the grape is a close relative of the French grape Petit Manseng.