Wine region
Colli di Luni
Colli di Luni is a wine region in Italy, home to 3 wineries, producing red, white wines.
On this page
Colli di Luni's 3 wineries produce predominantly white wine; wines carry DOC designation.
About the Colli di Luni region
- Location
- The Colli di Luni PDO production area covers specified municipalities in the provinces of La Spezia and Massa.
- Climate
- The Colli di Luni PDO area has a mean temperature of about 13°C; average rainfall peaks in November at about 170 mm and reaches its minimum in July at about 29 mm.
- Soils
- Colli di Luni PDO soils develop over clay-sandy marine sediments, while plains and valley floors contain silty-loam fluvial sediments.
Region facts sourced from European Commission eAmbrosia, Colli di Luni, file PDO-IT-A0353, attachment 27422. (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of Commission documents).
Wine profile
Colli di Luni is predominantly a white-wine region (about 84% of its wines).
25 distinct Colli di Luni wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
- White21 · 84%
- Red4 · 16%
Types: Sparkling, Still.
Representative Colli di Luni wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Ottaviano Lambruschi — Costa Marina Vermentino
- Lunae — Niccolo V Rosse
- Ottaviano Lambruschi — Vermentino Superiore
- Terenzuola — Colli di Luni
- Lunae — Albarola
- Ottaviano Lambruschi — Sarticola Vermentino
- Terenzuola — Fosso Di Corsano
- Lunae — Vermentino Etichetta Grigia
Quality designations
Wines here carry DOC status — a controlled quality designation.
- DOCAn Italian controlled-origin designation — sets the region, grapes and rules a wine must follow.
Italy wine designations
- DOC
- DOC is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status.
- DOCG
- DOCG is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status.
- IGP
- IGP denotes the EU protected geographical indication scheme for food and wine, linking a product’s quality, reputation or other characteristic to geographical origin.
- IGT
- IGT is the Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected geographical indication (IGP) status.
- PDO
- PDO is the European Union protected designation of origin category.
Understanding the wine data
- Designation
- The protected-origin or administrative category associated with the wine, interpreted using country-aware rules. The same abbreviation can mean different things in different countries, so we only show the meaning approved for that country.
How this ranking is built
Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
How to choose a good Colli di Luni wine
Look for the DOC designation — it signals a controlled-origin Colli di Luni wine.
FAQs
- Where is Colli di Luni?
- The Colli di Luni PDO production area covers specified municipalities in the provinces of La Spezia and Massa.
- What do the designation terms on Colli di Luni wines mean?
- DOC: DOC is an Italian traditional term used to designate wine with protected designation of origin (DOP) status. These terms describe geographical or regulatory categories; they do not by themselves guarantee that one producer or bottle is better than another.
- How are wineries and producers selected for Colli di Luni?
- Producers are included when WhatDrink has a canonical producer-to-region relationship supported by the catalogue data. Display order may use represented wine count and relationship confidence to provide useful coverage; it is not a ranking of winery quality, prestige, production volume or critical acclaim.
- How are representative Colli di Luni wines selected?
- Representative wines are selected from products with a stable relationship to this region, with preference for clear producer identity and a useful spread of producers, wine styles and designations. Inclusion is not an editorial score and does not mean these are the region’s best wines.
- How much wine data does WhatDrink have for Colli di Luni?
- The current regional catalogue contains 25 linked wines from 3 linked producers. Counts describe WhatDrink catalogue coverage and may change as source data is refreshed.
Regional data is aggregated from wine directory and product-catalogue sources; grape and style associations reflect characteristic varieties and may vary by producer and vintage.