Variety
RedPortugieser
Also known as: Blauer Portugieser
The grape for light, fruity reds and Weißherbst rosé – low acidity, little tannin, raspberry and cherry. A Pfalz tavern classic.
Taste profile
Six axes — acidity, sweetness, body, tannin, aroma intensity and depth — on a 0–5 scale, based on typical style. Real wines vary by region and producer.
Typical aromas — Portugieser
These 4 aromas typically define Portugieser. Actual taste experience varies by region and style.
Raspberry
Cherry
Strawberry
Herbs
Portugieser aroma families
These aroma categories are characteristic of Portugieser. Other varieties have different focuses.
Fruit aromas are the most common and come directly from the grape, ranging from citrus through stone fruit to black berries.
Herbal aromas can be finely aromatic (sage) or grassy – a stylistic feature in some varieties, ripeness indicator in others.
Key regions
Portugieser is grown in the following regions of our atlas. Click to see wineries.
Wineries with Portugieser
6 curated profiles in our atlas grow Portugieser.
6 wineries
Weingut Born
Saale-Unstrut · Mansfelder Seen (Höhnstedt) · Höhnstedt
Weißburgunder, Riesling, Grauburgunder
Winzergenossenschaft Mayschoß
Ahr · Mittlere Ahr (Ahrweiler–Dernau–Rech) · Mayschoß
Spätburgunder, Frühburgunder, Riesling
Weingut Peter Kriechel
Ahr · Mittlere Ahr (Ahrweiler–Dernau–Rech) · Bad Neuenahr-Ahrweiler
Spätburgunder, Frühburgunder, Riesling
Weingut Dagernova
Ahr · Mittlere Ahr (Ahrweiler–Dernau–Rech) · Dernau
Spätburgunder, Frühburgunder, Riesling
Winzervereinigung Freyburg-Unstrut
Saale-Unstrut · Freyburg & Naumburg · Freyburg (Unstrut)
Müller-Thurgau, Weißburgunder, Riesling
Weingut Friedrich Becker
Pfalz · Südliche Weinstraße (Grenze zum Elsass) · Schweigen-Rechtenbach
Spätburgunder, Chardonnay, Weißburgunder