Vital, low-acid white grape grown in central Portugal, known as malvasia Corada in the Douro. Total Portuguese plantings of this vigorous productive vine were 1,251 ha/3,090 acres in 2012 and Casa Figueira has shown that the variety can make fine wine if planted in cool enough terrain.
ยฉ Jancis Robinson and Oxford University Press 1994, 1999, 2006, 2015