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    Touriga Franca

    Vitis vinifera L.

    Touriga Franca is a grape variety with black berries.1

    Its country of origin is Portugal.2

    In 2023 it covered 15,146 hectares of bearing vineyards worldwide, ranking 50 of 1497 varieties in the database.2

    The largest area is in Portugal: 15,146 ha (>99% of the world total), across 2 countries.2

    Between 2000 and 2023 its area grew by 127%.2

    VIVC lists its parents as Marufo × Touriga Nacional, a pedigree confirmed by DNA markers.1

    VIVC records 14 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
    15,146 ha2
    World rank
    50 / 14972
    VIVC
    № 125931
    parentMarufo
    parentTouriga Nacional
    Touriga Franca

    confirmed by DNA markers (VIVC)

    Area by country

    1. Portugal15,146 ha
    2. Croatia0.1 ha

    Area, 2023

    6,67111,58314,22415,1462000201020162023
    World area, ha 2

    Where Touriga Franca grows

    1. OriginPortugal
    2. AreaPortugal
    3. AreaCroatia

    Countries from the University of Adelaide database; dots mark country centres, not regions.

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    Other names

    Touriga Francesa · Albino De Souza · Esgana Cao · Esgana Cao Tinto · Joao Garcia · Moreira Da Silva · Rifete · Tinta Barca · Tinta Da Barca · Tinta De Barca · Tinta Garcia · Tinta Malandra · Touriga Frances

    Parents

    Other varieties from Portugal

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    Sources

    1. VIVC passport no. 12593. 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