Raboso

Raboso is a red grape family, which comes from the Veneto and from Northeast Italy and probably named after the river has raboso, which is a tributary of the Piave. The other theory is that it derives from it. rabbioso ( wild, angry ) from, presumably because of the bitter- sour taste.

At the same time the name is used for produced from these grapes DOC and country wines from the province of Vicenza, Padua, Treviso and Venice.

There are two variants,

• Raboso Piave and
• Raboso Veronese.

The red wines of both species are very acid and tannins, vivid and rather low in alcohol. In her youth, the wines are strongly astringent.

For the Raboso wine from the Piave Valley both vines are used. In the DOC wine area Euganean Hills in the Euganean Hills are found, however, only the variant raboso Veronese. From raboso Vine also a sparkling wine is produced. More often than varietal wines are raboso cuvees with Cabernet Sauvignon and Merlot.

There is also a white variety raboso; it is, however, rarely used for wine making.

Outside of Italy raboso Veronese is still grown in Argentina. See also the list of grape varieties.