Synonym (also Gouveio Branco) for the grape variety Godello; see there.
The white grape variety originates from the border region between Portugal and Spain. Confusingly, the variety is often cultivated under different names with other varieties with similar names in Spain and Portugal. Synonyms are Agodello, Agodenho, Agudanho, Agudelha, Agudelho, Agudelo, Agudello, Agudenho, Cumbrao, Gouveio (second main name), Gouveo Branco, Verdelho, Verdelho Branco, Verdelho de Madeira, Verdelho do Dão (Portugal); Agodello, Berdello, Godelho, Godella, Ojo de Gallo, Prieto Picudo Blanco, Trincadente (Spain).
This presumably very old grape variety probably originates from the banks of the Río Sil in Galicia, in the north-west of Spain near the border with Portugal. However, it was first mentioned in 1531 by the ampelographer Rui Fernandes under the names Agudelho and Trincadente in the Douro region of Portugal.
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