Article Nº 3789 Cultivated variety Vol. III · pp. 716–719
Verdelho tinto
Brief botanical description of the red Verdelho grape variety, whose berries resemble those of white Verdelho.
Leaves small or medium-sized, often with violet patches, downy on the lower surface, subglabrous or covered with a few hairs on the upper; upper lobes generally visible and acute, the lower ones barely outlined; teeth unequal, generally acute; petiolar sinus almost always open; lateral sinuses (where present) slightly open or closed. ‘Berries red, identical in shape to those of the white Verdelho.’