White Grape Variety - "F" letter

Grape NamePhotoRegionCat.Common NamesDescription
Fernão Pires  Portuguese Wine Grape Variety Fernão Pires Portugal map with location of regional grape variety Fernão PiresBairrada, Estremadura, Ribatejo, Palmela, Setubal, Alentejo II Camarate, Fernam Pires, Fernan Piriz, Fernão Pirão, Fernao Pires, Fernão Pires do Beco, Gaeiro, Gaieiro, Maria Gomes, Molinha.

Fernão Pires is a white Portuguese wine grape grown throughout Portugal but most notable in the Tejo (just north-east of Lisbon) and Bairrada (about 50miles south of Porto) where it is also known as "Maria Gomes".


This variety is known to produce wines with a spicy aromatic character, though often with delicate exotic fruity notes. Generally not expected to be a long-living wine, this wine is best drunk in its infancy or matured for up to 2 or 3 years.
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