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    Malvasia Preta

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Malvasia Preta is a grape variety with black berries.1

    Its country of origin is Portugal.2

    In 2023 it covered 1,172 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 245 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 47%.2

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

    VIVC records 7 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
    1,172 ha2
    World rank
    245 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 156471
    parentCayetana Blanca
    parentAlfrocheiro
    Malvasia Preta

    confirmed by DNA markers (VIVC)

    Area by country

    1. Portugal1,172 ha

    Area, 2023

    2,2101,9031,9331,1722000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Malvasia Preta grows

    1. OriginPortugal
    2. AreaPortugal

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    Other names

    Moreto · Pinheira Roxa · Moreto Do Dao · Mureto · Mureto Du Dao · Muretto · Negro Mouro

    Parents

    Other varieties from Portugal

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 15647. 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