By far the finest
grape variety in Rías Baixas. It accounts for
90% of all plantings. Rías Baixas--and more precisely
its sub-zone Val do Salnés--is the birthplace
of Albariño.
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Galician name for
the native Portuguese grape variety Trajad-
ura grown in Rías Baixas. Treixadura is an intensely
scented delicate variety, vinified and treated in much
the same way
as Albariño.
A high-quality Galician
white grape variety with high acidity grown in Rías
Baixas as well as in Vinho Verde in Portugal.