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Cercial

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Cerceal is a light-skinned wine grape variety found in the Dao, Bairrada and Tejo wine regions of mainland Portugal. It produces wines high in acidity with strong mineral-herbal flavours, and has the capacity for long-term ageing.

General Characteristics

  • Grapefruit
  • Lemon
  • Lime
  • Apple
  • Green Apple
  • Beeswax
  • Honey
  • Flint
  • Graphite
  • Limestone
  • Acacia
  • Peony
  • Nectarine
  • Peach
  • White Peach
  • Cedar
  • Oak
  • Smoke
  • Tobacco
  • Wet Chalk
  • Wet Stone
  • Blossom
  • Elderflower
  • White Flower

Wines with this grape

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