Torrontés
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Torrontés is a white grape variety, mostly produced and known in Argentina, producing fresh, aromatic wines with moderate acidity, smooth texture and mouthfeel as well as distinctive peach and apricot aromas on the nose. Three Torrontés varieties exist in Argentina: Torrontés Riojano, the most common, Torrontés Sanjuanino, and Torrontés Mendocino. It is primarily Torrontés Riojano that has received attention for the quality of its wines, and is the variety used for most Argentine wines simply labeled Torrontés.
Key facts
- Grape variety.name
- Torrontés
- Grape variety.color
- Blanc
- Grape variety.image
- Torrontes.JPG
- Grape variety.species
- Vitis vinifera
- Grape variety.also_called
- Torrontés Riojano, Torrontés Sanjuanino, Torrontés Mendocino, Torrontel, and other synonyms
- Grape variety.regions
- Argentina
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- grape variety
- Parent taxon
- Vitis vinifera
- Country of origin
- Argentina
- Image
- Torrontes.JPG
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- Commons category
- Torrontés
- native label
- Torrontés
- fruit color
- white
- hybrid of
- Muscat of Alexandria
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Torrontés é uma variedade de uva branca de origem espanhola, da região Galiza, muito semelhante à Moscatel da qual possui parentesco. Produz vinhos frutados. A uva é cultivada também na Argentina, Portugal e Bulgária. Na Argentina existem diversos tipos de Torrontés. A Torrontés Riojano é de maior qualidade, enquanto a Torrontés Sanjuanino e Torrontés Mendocino são inferiores.
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