 It produces deep-colored wine, with notably high levels of tannin and medium alcohol content and high acid.The name "raboxo" in the native Venetian language means "angry", because angry is the sensation in the mouth when this wine is drunk young.Raboso was in the past the most cultivated grape variety of eastern Veneto; Venetian navigators called it "vin de viajo", "wine of travel", because it was the most resistant to aging and transport.