red grape · rare

Moreto

Alentejo, Portugal

Say it

moh·reh·too

/mɔˈɾɛtu/Portuguese

On the palate

Body light medium

Acidity medium minus

Tannin medium plus

Aromatics medium

black cherryblackberryblack plumearthdried herbs

How you spot it blind: terpenic aromatic lift in old-vine expressions, neutral and vague as a blending component

The story

DNA analysis confirmed Moreto is a Cayetana Blanca × Alfrocheiro Preto cross, making it a full sibling of Castelão and explaining centuries of name confusion between the two cultivars.

Where it lives

Alentejo, Portugal · Dão, Portugal (historically)

Shows up as

still red

If you like this, try

CastelãoMencía →Trincadeira →

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