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    Carrega Branco

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Carrega Branco is a grape variety with white berries.1

    Its country of origin is Portugal.2

    In 2023 it covered 512 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 352 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

    It is now grown in one country only: Portugal.2

    VIVC records 9 other names for it.1

    vinoluma engraving: a schematic leaf, not a botanical description of the variety.
    Berry skin (VIVC)
    white1
    Origin
    Portugal2
    Area, 2023
    512 ha2
    World rank
    352 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 21241

    Area by country

    1. Portugal512 ha

    Area, 2023

    5075125122000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Carrega Branco grows

    1. OriginPortugal
    2. AreaPortugal

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    Other names

    Barranquesa · Blanca De Monterrei · Branca De Monterrei · Carrega · Carrega Somera · Chavacana · Colgadeira · Malvasia Polta · Poilta

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 2124. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC), Julius Kühn-Institut, 2026. level 2
    2. Database of Regional, National and Global Winegrape Bearing Areas by Variety, 2000 to 2023. Anderson K., Nelgen S., Puga G. Wine Economics Research Centre, University of Adelaide (CC BY 4.0), 2026. level 3