This is what good wine from the Rebo grape tastes like

If you have a wine made from the Rebo grape in your glass, it comes from Trentino in Northern Italy. There, the Rebo produces fairly robust red wines that generally handle aging in oak barrels well and also have aging potential.

The Rebo is a relatively recent cross. Its parent grapes are Teroldego (also a grape from Trentino) and Merlot. This cross was created shortly after the Second World War by Rebo Rigotti from—it will come as no surprise—Trentino. Although this grape has been worked with for three-quarters of a century, you do not come across it often. Apart from a trip to Brazil, it has essentially never left the region. In total, barely 40 hectares have been planted. The Rebo has, however, been granted its own Trentino DOC appellation. Some winemakers produce 'single variety wines' from Rebo.