Wine region
sannio
sannio is a wine region in Italy, home to 2 wineries, producing red, white wines, known for Sant'Agata del Goti.
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sannio's 2 wineries produce predominantly red wine; Greco is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry DOC designation.
Most common single-grape wines
When sannio wines are made from a single grape (rather than a blend), these are the most common:
- Greco
- 1 single-grape wine
Wine profile
sannio is predominantly a red-wine region (about 80% of its wines).
5 distinct sannio wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.
- Red4 · 80%
- White1 · 20%
Types: Still.
Representative sannio wines
Selected from stable product-to-region relationships for diversity — not a claim that these are the region's best wines.
- Mustilli — Artus Piedirosso
- Ocone — Plutone Piedirosso
- Mustilli — Piedirosso
- Mustilli — Greco
- Mustilli — Cesco di Nece Aglianico
Sub-regions & appellations
Within sannio, 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:
- Sant'Agata del Goti
- Taburno
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 sannio wine
Look for the DOC designation — it signals a controlled-origin sannio wine.
FAQs
- What do the designation terms on sannio 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 sannio?
- 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 sannio 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 sannio?
- The current regional catalogue contains 43 linked wines from 11 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.