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    Cerceal Branco

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Cerceal Branco is a grape variety with white berries.1

    Its country of origin is Portugal.2

    In 2023 it covered 261 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 445 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 56%.2

    VIVC lists its parents as Malvasia Fina × Tinta Pereira, a pedigree confirmed by DNA markers.1

    VIVC records 6 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
    261 ha2
    World rank
    445 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 23891
    parentMalvasia Fina
    parentTinta Pereira
    Cerceal Branco

    confirmed by DNA markers (VIVC)

    Area by country

    1. Portugal261 ha

    Area, 2023

    5973792612612000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Cerceal Branco grows

    1. OriginPortugal
    2. AreaPortugal

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    Other names

    Cercial · Cerceal · Cerceal Du Douro · Cerceo · Cercial Do Douro · Cercial Du Dao

    Parents

    Other varieties from Portugal

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 2389. 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