Tags: Flowering Plant, Grape.
Touriga Franca (or Touriga Francesa) is one of the major grape varieties used to produce port wine. Touriga Franca is lighter and more perfumed than Touriga Nacional adding finesse to the wine. Touriga Franca has been described by Jancis Robinson as playing Cabernet Franc to Touriga Nacional’s Cabernet Sauvignon. Not much is known about the origins but it was probably a cross of Mourisco de Semente and Touriga Nacional.