Wine region
Orvieto
Orvieto is a wine region in Italy, home to 5 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines.
On this page
Orvieto's 5 wineries produce predominantly white wine; Riesling is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry DOC designation.
About the Orvieto region
- Location
- The Orvieto zone is in the province of Terni in the south-western corner of Umbria.
- Climate
- Orvieto DOC vineyards must be suitably exposed and sufficiently sunny; humid and valley-bottom sites are excluded, and eligible vineyard elevations are 100–500 metres.
- Soils
- The Orvieto Classico region is characterised by tufa, limestone and volcanic soil.
Region facts sourced from Ministero dell’agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste, Orvieto DOC consolidated production specification, Article 4, retrieved 2026-07-12. (Italian government publication; factual extraction with attribution and minimum necessary quotation), Wikipedia contributors, "Orvieto DOC", Wikipedia, revision 1220581620, retrieved 2026-07-11. (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International).
Most common single-grape wines
When Orvieto wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:
- Riesling
- 1 single-grape wine
Wine profile
Orvieto is predominantly a white-wine region (about 94% of its wines).
51 distinct Orvieto wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
- White48 · 94%
- Red2 · 4%
- Rose1 · 2%
Types: Still.
Representative Orvieto wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Velette — Lunato Superiore
- Ninth Island — Riesling
- Madonna del Latte — Ieva Superiore
- Cardeto — Matile Rosa
- Bigi — Classico
- Madonna — Latte Umbria
- Cardeto — Matile Pinot Grigio
- Antinori (Castello della Sala) — San Giovanni Classico Superiore
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 Orvieto wine
Look for the DOC designation — it signals a controlled-origin Orvieto wine.
FAQs
- Where is Orvieto?
- The Orvieto zone is in the province of Terni in the south-western corner of Umbria.
- What do the designation terms on Orvieto 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 Orvieto?
- 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 Orvieto 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 Orvieto?
- The current regional catalogue contains 51 linked wines from 5 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.