white grape · regional specialty
Treixadura
Galicia–Minho border, Spain/Portugal
Say it
treh·sha·doo·rah
Portuguese form (Trajadura): tra-ha-DOO-rah; Galician 'x' is phonemically 'sh', not 'ks'
On the palate
white peachpeargreen applehoneysucklelemon
How you spot it blind: ester-driven orchard fruit with a balsamic-herbal undertone
The story
First written down · 1531, Portugal (as Trinca-Dente)
DNA groups it with Arinto, Azal Branco, and Loureiro; phylloxera in the 1880s triggered mass Palomino replanting that nearly eliminated it from Galicia until a late-20th-century revival.
Where it lives
Ribeiro DO · Rías Baixas · Vinho Verde
Shows up as
still whiteRibeiro DORías BaixasVinho Verde