Azal tinto

{{Short description|Variety of grape}}

{{Infobox grape variety

| name = Azal Tinto

| color = Noir

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| species = Vitis vinifera

| also_called = Amaral and other synonyms

| origin = Portugal

| hazards =

| regions = Minho

| wines = Vinho Verde

| vivc_number = 818

}}

Azal Tinto or Amaral is a variety of red Portuguese wine grape.{{cite web |url=http://www.vivc.de/index.php?r=passport%2Fview&id=818 |title=AMARAL |author= |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}} 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.{{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 }}