Nearly three times as much grenache is planted in Spain as in France. The spanish know this grape and wine as garnacha or garnacha tinta, where it is the dominant red wine variety in Catalonia and prominent in Rioja. 2 The grape is known in Italy as cannonau.rior to the establishment of France's AOC, Burgundy's dirty little secret was that Grenache, grown in the Rhone Rhône, valley often contributed flavorful appeal to save the sometimes thin and Weak Pinot. Noir on its, own grenache can make, fleshy heady wines with lots of fruit appeal in their. youth