What is made here
Wine colours
Colours the rules allow. Pick a colour to filter the rules and grapes below.
Where it is
Colli di Rimini in Italy
- Latitude
- 43.7°–44.1° N
- Vineyard altitude
- 50 m to 305 m
- Production zone
- 84,558 ha
Boundary drawn from whole communes, so it is a little larger than the legal zone. Boundary: Eurac Research PDO inventory (CC0). Country outlines: Natural Earth. Dots on the zone map are the vineyard points used for climate.
Showing every colour The colour filter changes the rules and grapes. Climate, vintages and soils describe the vineyards, so they stay the same.
01 · What the law says
The rules
Limits on grapes, yields, ripeness and ageing that every wine labelled Colli di Rimini must meet.
Blend rules
Colli di Rimini Rosso
- ≥ 30% Sangiovese · Main grape
- ≤ 60% Cabernet franc / Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot / Syrah · Allowed
- ≤ 10% Alicante / Montepulciano / Petit Verdot / Rebo · Allowed
Blend rules
Colli di Rimini Rosso Riserva
- ≥ 30% Sangiovese · Main grape
- ≤ 60% Cabernet franc / Cabernet Sauvignon / Merlot / Syrah · Allowed
- ≤ 10% Alicante / Montepulciano / Petit Verdot / Rebo · Allowed
At least 24 months' ageing.
Blend rules
Colli di Rimini Biancame
- ≥ 85% Biancame · Main grape
- ≤ 15% other white-berried varieties authorised in Emilia-Romagna · Others allowed
Blend rules
Colli di Rimini Rebola Secco
- ≥ 85% Grechetto Gentile · Main grape
- ≤ 15% other white-berried varieties authorised in Emilia-Romagna · Others allowed
Blend rules
Colli di Rimini Rebola Passito
- ≥ 85% Grechetto Gentile · Main grape
- ≤ 15% other white-berried varieties authorised in Emilia-Romagna · Others allowed
Blend rules
Colli di Rimini Cabernet Sauvignon
- ≥ 85% Cabernet Sauvignon · Main grape
- ≤ 15% other varieties of the same berry colour authorised in Emilia-Romagna · Others allowed
Blend rules
Colli di Rimini Cabernet Sauvignon Riserva
- ≥ 85% Cabernet Sauvignon · Main grape
- ≤ 15% other varieties of the same berry colour authorised in Emilia-Romagna · Others allowed
At least 24 months' ageing.
Blend rules
Colli di Rimini Sangiovese
- ≥ 85% Sangiovese · Main grape
- ≤ 15% other red-berried varieties authorised in Emilia-Romagna · Others allowed
Blend rules
Colli di Rimini Sangiovese Superiore
- ≥ 85% Sangiovese · Main grape
- ≤ 15% other red-berried varieties authorised in Emilia-Romagna · Others allowed
Blend rules
Colli di Rimini Sangiovese Riserva
- ≥ 85% Sangiovese · Main grape
- ≤ 15% other red-berried varieties authorised in Emilia-Romagna · Others allowed
At least 24 months' ageing.
Blend rules
Colli di Rimini Bianco
- ≥ 30% Trebbiano · Main grape
- ≤ 60% Bombino bianco / Sangiovese vinificato in bianco · Allowed
- ≤ 10% other white-berried varieties authorised in Emilia-Romagna · Others allowed
Other varieties allowed
Besides the main grapes, the rules allow these varieties in some wines. Grape names link where a profile exists.
6 varieties · Colli di Rimini Biancame
Chardonnay, Muller Thurgau, Pignoletto, Pinot Blanc, Sauvignon Blanc, Welschriesling
3 varieties · Colli di Rimini Rebola Secco, Colli di Rimini Rebola Passito
Biancame, Mostosa, Trebbiano Romagnolo
49 varieties · Colli di Rimini Cabernet Sauvignon, Colli di Rimini Cabernet Sauvignon Riserva
Alicante, Ancellotta, Barbera, Bonarda, Cabernet Franc, Canina Nera, Carmenere, Centesimino, Ciliegiolo, Croatina, Dolcetto, Ervi, Fogarina, Fortana, Gamay, Groppello Gentile, Lambrusco Barghi, Lambrusco Benetti, Lambrusco Grasparossa, Lambrusco Maestri, Lambrusco Marani, Lambrusco Montericco, Lambrusco Oliva, Lambrusco Salamino, Lambrusco Viadanese, Lambrusco a Foglia Frastagliata, Lambrusco di Sorbara, Malbo Gentile, Marzemino, Merlese, Merlot, Montepulciano, Negretto, Perla dei Vivi, Petit Verdot, Pinot Noir, Raboso Veronese, Rebo, Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso, Sangiovese, Sgavetta, Syrah, Termarina, Terrano, Uva Longanesi, Uva Tosca, Uva del Fantini, Uva del Tunde', Veruccese
49 varieties · Colli di Rimini Sangiovese, Colli di Rimini Sangiovese Superiore, Colli di Rimini Sangiovese Riserva
Alicante, Ancellotta, Barbera, Bonarda, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Canina Nera, Carmenere, Centesimino, Ciliegiolo, Croatina, Dolcetto, Ervi, Fogarina, Fortana, Gamay, Groppello Gentile, Lambrusco Barghi, Lambrusco Benetti, Lambrusco Grasparossa, Lambrusco Maestri, Lambrusco Marani, Lambrusco Montericco, Lambrusco Oliva, Lambrusco Salamino, Lambrusco Viadanese, Lambrusco a Foglia Frastagliata, Lambrusco di Sorbara, Malbo Gentile, Marzemino, Merlese, Merlot, Montepulciano, Negretto, Perla dei Vivi, Petit Verdot, Pinot Noir, Raboso Veronese, Rebo, Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso, Sgavetta, Syrah, Termarina, Terrano, Uva Longanesi, Uva Tosca, Uva del Fantini, Uva del Tunde', Veruccese
35 varieties · Colli di Rimini Bianco
Albana, Alionza, Bervedino, Biancame, Durella, Famoso, Fiano, Friulano, Garganega, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Malvasia Istriana, Malvasia di Candia Aromatica, Manzoni Bianco, Marsanne, Melara, Montu', Mostosa, Muller Thurgau, Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains, Ortrugo, Pignoletto, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Ruggine, Santa Maria, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Spergola, Trebbianina, Trebbiano Modenese, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdea, Verdicchio Bianco, Vernaccina, Welschriesling
In the vineyard and cellar: rules for every wine
No forcing
Forcing the vines is prohibited
Permitted
Irrigation
Cellar
Where the wine must be made
Within the production zone
Allowed
Enrichment (chaptalisation)
02 · Climate fingerprint
The climate
The growing season averages 19.1 °C, hot on Gregory Jones's scale, with 1,954 growing degree days (Winkler IV).
The average year 1991–2020, vineyards at about 156 m
Monthly mean, °CRain, mmGrowing season
- Growing-season temperature
- 19.1 °C
- Hot · 19–21 °C (Jones)
- Growing degree days
- 1,954
- Region IV: 1,944–2,221 degree days
- Growing-season rain
- 469 mm
- Of 869 mm a year
- Harvest rain
- 171 mm
- September–October
Copernicus ERA5-Land monthly averages at 5 vineyard points (Vineyard point 1, 79 m; Vineyard point 2, 309 m; Vineyard point 3, 24 m; Vineyard point 4, 307 m; Vineyard point 5, 63 m), moved to each point's height from the model's terrain. Indices that need daily data are not captured yet. How the climate figures are made.
Lower confidence:Monthly reanalysis in moderately complex terrain; not yet checked against a weather station.
Closest climates in the database
Picked by the data, not by hand: the profiles nearest on season warmth (counted twice), degree days, rain, ripening-month nights and day–night range. Neighbours within 30 km are left out, as they share the same weather.
1. Rosso di MontalcinoVery similarCompared with Colli di Rimini: same season warmth, similar rain.
2. IrpiniaVery similarCompared with Colli di Rimini: same season warmth, similar rain.
3. Falanghina del SannioVery similarCompared with Colli di Rimini: same season warmth, similar rain.
Growing-season temperature
Growing degree days
Growing-season rain
03 · Year by year
35 vintages
Each column is one growing season: heat above or below the 1991–2020 average, and rain at harvest. Pick a year for the details.
Warmer than averageCooler than averageHarvest rain (Sep–Oct)Average harvest rain, 171 mm
2025
- Growing-season temp.
- Growing degree days
- Harvest rain
- Growing-season rain
- September nights
- Hot days and frosts
Seasons are labelled by harvest year (April–October). Year-to-year changes from ERA5-Land; tested against station records in Alto Adige (r = 0.94 for season temperature at Bolzano). Rain varies more locally, so treat single-season rain with some caution. Vintage ratings, harvest dates and frost or hail events have places in the data model but are not loaded yet.
04 · Where the numbers come from
Sources
- A geospatial inventory of regulatory information for wine protected designations of origin in Europe · Candiago et al., Scientific Data 9, 394 (2022); Eurac Research · CC0
- Quality wines in Italy and France: a dataset of PDO specifications · figshare 25393261 · CC BY 4.0
- ERA5-Land monthly averaged data (reanalysis-era5-land-monthly-means) · Copernicus Climate Change Service (C3S), Climate Data Store · CC BY 4.0 (Copernicus licence)
- OpenStreetMap vineyard areas (landuse=vineyard), from Geofabrik country extracts · OpenStreetMap contributors · ODbL 1.0
- Copernicus DEM GLO-90 (AWS open data tiles) · European Space Agency / Copernicus · Copernicus DEM licence
- Disciplinare di produzione: Colli di Rimini (version published by MASAF up to May 2023, via the Internet Archive; later amendments not yet included) · Ministero dell'agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste (MASAF) · Official act
- Climate profiles calculated by Vinous: method
Still to check (3)
- Generated from EU reference data: check against the current product specification.
- From the specification: The specification now calls the DOC simply "Rimini". Wines with 'da secco ad abboccato' allow dry to off-dry, so sweetness is left null; riserva wines need at least one year in vessels (vasi vinari, not necessarily wood), and Rebola Passito grapes must be dried to at least 280 g/l reducing sugars. Yields carry a 20% tolerance.
- National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.