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Fernão Pires

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Fernão Pires is a white wine grape hailing from the Tejo region in Portugal. It’s a highly aromatic grape, and the wines it produces have heady aromas of rose petal, potpourri and tangerine. It’s a wine best enjoyed young and is beginning to be produced in both Australia and South Africa too.

General Characteristics

  • Cardamom
  • Clove
  • Ginger
  • Grapefruit
  • Lemon
  • Lime
  • Baking Spice
  • Cinnamon
  • Nutmeg
  • Beeswax
  • Honey
  • Flint
  • Graphite
  • Limestone
  • Nectarine
  • Peach
  • White Peach
  • Mandarin
  • Orange
  • Tangerine
  • Potpourri
  • Rose
  • Blossom
  • Elderflower
  • White Flower
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