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Lazio

Lazio is a wine region in Italy, home to 71 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines, known for Orvieto.

Lazio at a glance: roughly split red/white; known for Orvieto; wines range from IGP to DOCG.
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Lazio's 71 wineries make roughly equal red and white wine; Chardonnay is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry DOC, DOCG, IGP designation.

About the Lazio region

    Location
    Lazio is an administrative region of Italy in Central Italy.
    Climate
    The Lazio PGI production area spans four climatic regions: temperate, temperate-transition, Mediterranean-transition and Mediterranean.
    Soils
    Across the Lazio PGI production area, soils fall into three broad groups: ancient sedimentary soils dominated by limestone in the Apennine and Lepini–Ausoni–Aurunci chains; recent hill and plain sediments dominated by marl, sandstone and…

Region facts sourced from European Commission, eAmbrosia technical file PGI-IT-A0771, attachment 10692, retrieved 2026-07-15. (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of Commission documents), Wikidata contributors, Lazio (Q1282), retrieved 14 July 2026. (CC0).

Characteristic grapes

Lazio is best known for Orvieto. The most-bottled single-varietal wines here are Chardonnay, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon. Lazio's signature grapes often go into blends, so single-grape bottlings skew toward other varieties.

  • Grechetto
  • Trebbiano

Most common single-grape wines

When Lazio wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:

Wine profile

Lazio is roughly split, making substantial red (50%) and white (44%) wine.

474 distinct Lazio wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.

  • Red237 · 50%
  • White209 · 44%
  • Rose28 · 6%

Types: Sparkling, Still.

Representative Lazio wines

Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.

  • Pietra Pinta — Malvasia Puntinata
  • Palazzo Tronconi — WTF Bianco
  • L'Avventura — Picchiatello
  • Cantina Gabriele — Sangiovese
  • Poggio Le Volpi — Donnaluce
  • Casale del Giglio — Madreselva
  • Poggio alla Meta — Bianco alla Meta
  • Formiconi — Enea Malvasia

Sub-regions & appellations

Within Lazio, these appellationsA legally-defined smaller growing area within a wine region, often with its own grapes and rules. are smaller growing areas, often with their own character:

  • Frusinate
  • Cesanese del Piglio
  • Roma
  • Frascati Superiore
  • Cesanese di Olevano Romano
  • Frascati
  • Cesanese di Affile
  • Circeo
  • Cannellino di Frascati
  • Civitella d'Agliano
  • Est! Est!! Est!!! di Montefiascone
  • Terracina

Quality designations

Wines here span quality tiers from everyday IGP to the strictly-controlled DOCG — you'll find both accessible and prestige bottles.

  • DOCAn Italian controlled-origin designation — sets the region, grapes and rules a wine must follow.
  • DOCGItaly's strictest wine quality tier — guarantees origin, permitted grapes and production method, and is government-tested.
  • IGPEU Protected Geographical Indication (Indication Géographique Protégée) — a regional wine label, broader than AOP.
  • IGTA looser Italian designation for regional wines with more freedom than DOC — often good value.

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.

Explore Lazio

Ways to browse Lazio — each count is the size of that specific collection (a subset of the 474 wines tracked above):

  • Red Lazio (158)
  • White Lazio (138)

How to choose a good Lazio wine

For everyday drinking, IGP bottles are the accessible choice; for something special, DOCG signals the region's most tightly-controlled, prestige wines.

FAQs

Where is Lazio?
Lazio is an administrative region of Italy in Central Italy.
Which grapes are associated with Lazio?
Lazio is represented in the WhatDrink region dataset by Grechetto, Trebbiano. Grape coverage reflects the products currently linked to the region and is not a complete legal planting register.
What do the designation terms on Lazio wines mean?
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. 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 Lazio?
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 Lazio 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 Lazio?
The current regional catalogue contains 474 linked wines from 71 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.