white grape · regional specialty
Gouveio
Douro Valley, Portugal
Say it
goh·vay·oh
Three syllables; 'ei' produces an 'ay' sound; final 'o' is short
On the palate
white peachapricotpearlemongrapefruitfennel
How you spot it blind: anise-laced stone fruit with racy acidity and slate minerality
The story
First written down · 1531, Douro Valley, Portugal (as 'Agudelho')
Documented as 'Agudelho' near Lamego in 1531; DNA confirmed a Castellana Blanca × Savagnin cross and resolved decades of synonym confusion with the unrelated Madeira Verdelho.
Family tree: CASTELLANA BLANCA × SAVAGNIN
Where it lives
Douro, Portugal · Dão, Portugal · Trás-os-Montes, Portugal
Shows up as
still whitefortified
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