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Umbria

Umbria is a wine region in Italy, home to 96 wineries, producing red, rose, white wines, known for Orvieto, Trebbiano (Ugni Blanc), Montefalco Sagrantino, Montefalco.

Umbria at a glance: predominantly red; known for Orvieto, Trebbiano (Ugni Blanc), Montefalco Sagrantino, Montefalco; wines range from IGT to DOCG.
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Umbria's 96 wineries produce predominantly red wine; Sangiovese is the most common single-grape bottling; wines carry DOC, DOCG, IGT designation.

About the Umbria region

    Location
    Umbria (/ ˈ ʌ m b r i ə / UM -bree-ə; Italian: [ˈumbrja]) is a region of central Italy.
    Climate
    Umbria spans temperate semioceanic and transitional temperate semioceanic conditions, with bioclimatic belts ranging from sub-Mediterranean hills through subcontinental hill zones to mountain and subalpine areas.
    Soils
    Umbria has numerous soil types as a result of its differing exposed rock types, landforms and elevations.

Region facts sourced from Regione Umbria SIAT; Università di Camerino, Dipartimento di Botanica ed Ecologia; Università di Perugia, Istituto di Ecologia Agraria. (Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) via Italian CAD Article 52 open-by-default), European Commission eAmbrosia, Umbria PGI, file PGI-IT-A0857, attachment 23557. (Commission Decision 2011/833/EU on the reuse of Commission documents), Wikipedia contributors, "Umbria", Wikipedia, revision 1362887744, retrieved 2026-07-11. (Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 International).

Characteristic grapes

Umbria is best known for Orvieto, Trebbiano (Ugni Blanc), Montefalco Sagrantino, Montefalco. The most-bottled single-varietal wines here are Sangiovese, Merlot, Viognier. Umbria's signature grapes often go into blends, so single-grape bottlings skew toward other varieties.

  • Grechetto
  • Trebbiano
  • Ugni Blanc

Wine styles from Umbria

Most common single-grape wines

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

Wine profile

Umbria is predominantly a red-wine region (about 64% of its wines).

440 distinct Umbria wines tracked, spanning the colours and styles below.

  • Red281 · 64%
  • White137 · 31%
  • Rose21 · 5%

Types: Sparkling, Still.

Representative Umbria wines

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

  • Cantina Cenci — Sanbiagio
  • Collecapretta — Vigna Vecchia Trebbiano Spoletino
  • Bocale — Rosso
  • Collecapretta — Il Rosato Casa Mattioli
  • Tenuta Castelbuono — Rosso
  • Terra Di Rovo — Cabernet Sauvignon
  • Madrevite — Capofoco Vigna Il Macchiolo
  • Milziade Antano — Colleallodole

Sub-regions & appellations

Within Umbria, 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:

  • Montefalco Sagrantino
  • Montefalco
  • Todi
  • Colli Perugini
  • Torgiano
  • Colli Martani
  • Narni
  • Spoleto
  • Torgiano Rosso Riserva
  • Lago di Corbara
  • Assisi
  • Colli del Trasimeno

Quality designations

Wines here span quality tiers from everyday IGT 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.
  • 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 Umbria

Ways to browse Umbria — each count is the size of that specific collection (a subset of the 440 wines tracked above):

  • Red Umbria (144)
  • White Umbria (108)

How to choose a good Umbria wine

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

FAQs

Where is Umbria?
Umbria ( / ˈ ʌ m b r i ə / UM -bree-ə ; Italian: [ˈumbrja] ) is a region of central Italy .
Which grapes are associated with Umbria?
Umbria is represented in the WhatDrink region dataset by Grechetto, Trebbiano, Ugni Blanc. Grape coverage reflects the products currently linked to the region and is not a complete legal planting register.
What do the designation terms on Umbria 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. 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 Umbria?
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 Umbria 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 Umbria?
The current regional catalogue contains 441 linked wines from 96 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.