This is what good wine from the Tai Rosso grape tastes like

Tai Rosso is an Italian grape used to press red wine, or so the Italians say. But genetically it turns out to be the same grape as French Grenache and Spanish Garnacha, and just as in Spain, it gives wines an aroma of blueberries, black cherries, roasted nuts, honey, pepper, herbs and spices.

Tai Rosso has been planted in Italy for centuries. It used to be called Tocai Rosso, but that was considered misleading in the Hungarian wine region of Tokaj, so the name was banned. Since then the Italians properly call it Tai Rosso. You find it in Veneto, Puglia and Marche - not on a large scale. Just over 600 hectares of vineyard in Italy are planted with Tai Rosso.

Tai Rosso may be genetically identical to Garnacha, Grenache and (also) Cannonau on Sardinia, but that doesn't mean it tastes the same everywhere. Grape vines adapt over time to the climate and soil of the vineyard, and the flavor of the wine they produce changes along with it. How Tai Rosso compares in flavor to Garnacha, Grenache and Cannonau seems to us a fine subject for a wine thesis...