This is what good wine from the Tinta Francisca grape tastes like

Tinta Francisca is a Portuguese grape from the Douro valley traditionally used as an ingredient for red Port. Not that Port makers put the grapes used on the label, but now that more and more Portuguese winemakers from the Douro also make dry wines, the name occasionally surfaces.

'Black Frenchwoman' is the literal meaning of Tinta Francisca, since for a long time it was thought to be of French origin - perhaps even Pinot Noir. It's true that Tinta Francisca produces fairly light red wines without overly sharp acidity. But that's where the comparison ends, since DNA research has shown that this supposedly French grape does in fact have its origins in the Douro valley and has nothing to do with France.