Lazio
Also called Latium
100 wineries, 203 wines and 29 appellations. Lazio lies halfway down the western side of the peninsula, between the Apennines and the Tyrrhenian, with Rome at its centre. For two thousand years its vineyards have supplied the city's tables, and most of them grow on the volcanic hills that ring it: the Alban Hills and the Castelli Romani to the south-east, Lake Bolsena and Montefiascone to the north. Read more ↓
Wineries in Lazio
FedericiRoma · 4 winesLe Coste Vermentino Lazio DOC
BigiOrvieto · 12 winesSangiovese Umbria IGT
Poggio Le VolpiSalice Salentino · 28 winesBaccarossa Lazio IGP
San MarcoFrascati · 19 winesFrascati Cannellino DOC
CotarellaEst! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone · 14 winesVerdeluce Bianco Umbria IGT
Principe PallaviciniFrascati · 14 winesPoggio Verde
Fontana CandidaFrascati · 10 winesBianco Lazio IGT
Sergio MotturaOrvieto · 8 winesSergio Mottura Grechetto Latour a Civitella IGT
Casale del Giglio6 winesAlbiola Lazio IGT
CincinnatoCori · 6 winesIllirio Cori DOC
Donato Giangirolami6 winesCardito Malvasia Puntinata Lazio IGP
Palazzo Tronconi2 winesWTF Rustica Progenie Red Frusinate IGPCasale del Giglio6 winesCasale MarcheseCasale Mattia19 winesCasale VallechiesaCastel PaolisFrascati Superiore · 8 winesChristine VaselliCicala GiglioVin Santo del Chianti · 6 winesCincinnatoCori · 6 winesColacicchiColfioritoColle di MaggioColle PicchioniColleformicaColli CatoneColline di AffileCorte Dei PapiCorvagiallaCosta GraiaCotarellaEst! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone · 14 wines
Wines of Lazio
Appellations of Lazio
About Lazio
It is above all white wine country — more than 70 per cent of production — built on Malvasia, 30 per cent of the vineyards, and Trebbiano, 28. Frascati, Colli Albani and Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone, named after a medieval legend of a bishop's servant marking the inns with good wine, are its best-known whites; Cesanese, grown in the hills of Frosinone, is its native red. In 2022 Lazio made a little over 1.4 million hectolitres from 20,400 hectares, about half of it at DOC level.
The region has three DOCGs. Frascati Superiore and the sweet Cannellino di Frascati come from the Castelli Romani; Cesanese del Piglio from the slopes of the Monti Ernici. Alongside them are 27 mostly little-known DOCs and six IGPs.
Wineries in Lazio, briefly
How many wineries are there in Lazio?
The catalogue lists 100 wineries in Lazio, with 203 wines between them. 17 have a written profile, and 3 hold an award from a guide or a competition.
Which Lazio estates have the most awarded wines?
By the results held here — Tre Bicchieri, Decanter and the other competitions — Castel Paolis (4), Villa Simone (1) and Paolo Noemia d'Amico (1), counting awarded wines.
What grapes does Lazio grow?
Among whites, Trebbiano Toscano, Malvasia and Sauvignon blanc. Among reds, Merlot, Syrah and Sangiovese. Counted by the wines in the catalogue, not by hectares planted.
Which appellations does Lazio have?
Lazio has 29 appellations, 3 of them DOCG. The largest by number of producers: Frascati Superiore, Frascati and Cannellino di Frascati.