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casta

English translation: grape variety

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Portuguese term or phrase:casta
English translation:grape variety

22:10 May 14, 2018
    The asker opted for community grading. The question was closed on 2018-05-18 11:54:08 based on peer agreement (or, if there were too few peer comments, asker preference.)


Portuguese to English translations [PRO]
Cooking / Culinary / gastronomia
Portuguese term or phrase: casta
Mathilda Shiraz é maturado em tanques de concreto, combinando a fruta intensa e macia da casta com um admirável frescor
Lilian Magalhães
Brazil
Local time: 12:51
grape variety
Explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_grape_varieties
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Geraldo Quintas
Portugal
Local time: 16:51
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thanks
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Summary of answers provided
4 +2grape variety
Geraldo Quintas
4"Caste"
airmailrpl
4the grapes
Douglas Bissell


  

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grape variety


Explanation:
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_grape_varieties

Geraldo Quintas
Portugal
Local time: 16:51
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in EnglishEnglish, Native in PortuguesePortuguese
PRO pts in category: 8
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"Caste"


Explanation:
casta => ="Caste"

With origin in Latin, the name "Caste" means "pure; without mixture".

Applied to wines, the term "Caste" refers to a variety of grape trees whose morphological features and specific qualities are used to create individual wines that are unique in their characteristics.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wine_Caste

airmailrpl
Brazil
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the grapes


Explanation:
type/sort/kind/variety of grape seems superfluous since the name is given at the beginning of the phrase

Douglas Bissell
Portugal
Local time: 16:51
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Native speaker of: English
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