{{Short description|Variety of grape}} {{Infobox grape variety | name = Azal Tinto | color = Noir | image = <!-- Image of grape bunch --> | caption = <!-- Caption of image --> | species = ''Vitis vinifera'' | also_called = Amaral and other synonyms | origin = Portugal | hazards = <!-- Viticultural hazards --> | regions = Minho | wines = Vinho Verde | vivc_number = 818 }}
'''Azal Tinto''' or '''Amaral''' is a variety of red Portuguese wine grape.<ref name=VIVC>{{cite web |url=http://www.vivc.de/index.php?r=passport%2Fview&id=818 |title=AMARAL |author=<!--Not stated--> |date=May 8, 2019 |website=Vitis International Variety Catalogue VIVC |publisher=Julius Kühn-Institut - Federal Research Centre for Cultivated Plants (JKI), Institute for Grapevine Breeding - Geilweilerhof (ZR) |access-date=2019-05-21}}</ref> It is planted in the Minho region where it is used in red Vinho Verde, while the related Azal Branco is used for white Vinho Verde.<ref>{{cite encyclopedia |editor=Jancis Robinson |encyclopedia=Oxford Companion to Wine |edition=3rd |title=Azal Branco |year=2006 |publisher=Oxford University Press |location=Oxford |isbn=0-19-860990-6 |page=[https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/56 56] |url=https://archive.org/details/oxfordcompaniont00janc/page/56 }}</ref>
==Synonyms== Azal Tinto is also known under the synonyms Amaral, Amaral Preto, Azal, Azal Preto, Cachon, Cainho Miudo, Caino, Caino Bravo, Caino Tinto, Sousao, and Sousao Galego.<ref name="VIVC"/>
Azal Tinto is also used as a synonym for Vinhão.
==See also== *Azal Branco *List of Portuguese grape varieties
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Category:Red wine grape varieties