Baga

VIVC 885 · Bairrada

Baga is a black-berried Portuguese variety (VIVC 885) whose one known parent, per VIVC marker data, is Arinto do Dão, filed under Malvasia Fina; Bairrada is among its synonyms.1

Identity and pedigree

The Vitis International Variety Catalogue (VIVC) lists Baga under number 885, with black berries and Portugal as country of origin.1 It records 29 synonyms, among them Baga de Louro, Tinta Baya, Poeirinha and Bairrada.1 The last of these is also the name of the Portuguese region whose sparkling wine is described below.

VIVC writes the pedigree confirmed by DNA markers as Arinto do Dão × unknown; the parent field points to the passport Malvasia Fina.1 The same record appears for the white varieties Bical and Fernão Pires.2,3

In sparkling wine

Bairrada sparkling wine is made by bottle fermentation and must stay at least 9 months at the producer's premises from bottling before sale.4 The current Bairrada rules include a list of permitted varieties,5 but that list could not be opened during research, so this page does not confirm the variety's place on it or give any share rule.

See also

BairradaRegionsPortugalRegionsBicalGrapesFernão PiresGrapesBlanc de noirsStyles

Sources

  1. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (JKI Geilweilerhof). VIVC passport data: BAGA (variety number 885)
  2. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (JKI Geilweilerhof). VIVC passport data: BICAL (variety number 1568)
  3. Vitis International Variety Catalogue (JKI Geilweilerhof). VIVC passport data: FERNAO PIRES (variety number 4100)
  4. Diário da República (via informador.pt). Portaria n.º 212/2014, de 14 de outubro - DO Bairrada (2014-10-14)
  5. Diário da República (via informador.pt). Portaria n.º 335/2015, de 6 de outubro - 1st amendment to Portaria 212/2014 (2015-10-06)

Facts checked on 2026-10-19