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    Castelão

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Castelão is a grape variety with black berries.1

    Its country of origin is Portugal.2

    In 2023 it covered 8,990 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 82 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

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

    Between 2000 and 2023 its area shrank by 38%.2

    VIVC lists its parents as Cayetana Blanca × Alfrocheiro, a pedigree confirmed by DNA markers.1

    VIVC records 26 other names for it.1

    vinoluma engraving: a schematic leaf, not a botanical description of the variety.
    Berry skin (VIVC)
    black1
    Origin
    Portugal2
    Area, 2023
    8,990 ha2
    World rank
    82 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 23241
    parentCayetana Blanca
    parentAlfrocheiro
    Castelão

    confirmed by DNA markers (VIVC)

    Area by country

    1. Portugal8,990 ha

    Area, 2023

    14,42411,08812,5808,9902000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Castelão grows

    1. OriginPortugal
    2. AreaPortugal

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    Other names

    Castelao · Casteloa · Castelão / João De Santarém / Periquita · Periquita · Piriquita · Bastardo Castico · Bastardo Espanhol · Castelana · Castelao Frances · Castelao Real · Casteleao · Castellam · Castellao · Castellao Portugues · Castico · Joao De Periquita · Joao De Santarem

    Offspring (VIVC)

    Parents

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 2324. 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