What is made here
Wine colours
Colours the rules allow. Pick a colour to filter the rules and grapes below.
Where it is
Colli Perugini in Italy
- Latitude
- 42.8°–43.3° N
- Vineyard altitude
- 191 m to 457 m
- Production zone
- 97,281 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 Perugini must meet.
Blend rules
Colli Perugini Bianco
- ≥ 50% Trebbiano Toscano · Main grape
- ≤ 50% other varieties authorised in Umbria · Others allowed
- ≤ 10% Malvasie · Allowed
Blend rules
Colli Perugini Rosso
- ≥ 50% Sangiovese · Main grape
- ≤ 50% other varieties authorised in Umbria · Others allowed
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Colli Perugini Rosato
- ≥ 50% Sangiovese · Main grape
- ≤ 50% other varieties authorised in Umbria · Others allowed
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Colli Perugini Novello
- ≥ 50% Sangiovese · Main grape
- ≤ 50% other varieties authorised in Umbria · Others allowed
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Colli Perugini Chardonnay
- ≥ 85% Chardonnay · Main grape
- ≤ 15% other varieties authorised in Umbria · Others allowed
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Colli Perugini Grechetto
- ≥ 85% Grechetto · Main grape
- ≤ 15% other varieties authorised in Umbria · Others allowed
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Colli Perugini Pinot Grigio
- ≥ 85% Pinot Grigio · Main grape
- ≤ 15% other varieties authorised in Umbria · Others allowed
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Colli Perugini Trebbiano
- ≥ 85% Trebbiano · Main grape
- ≤ 15% other varieties authorised in Umbria · Others allowed
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Colli Perugini Cabernet Sauvignon
- ≥ 85% Cabernet Sauvignon · Main grape
- ≤ 15% other varieties authorised in Umbria · Others allowed
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Colli Perugini Merlot
- ≥ 85% Merlot · Main grape
- ≤ 15% other varieties authorised in Umbria · Others allowed
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Colli Perugini Sangiovese
- ≥ 85% Sangiovese · Main grape
- ≤ 15% other varieties authorised in Umbria · Others allowed
Blend rules
Colli Perugini Spumante
- ≥ 80% Grechetto / Chardonnay / Pinot bianco / Pinot nero / Pinot grigio · Main grape
- ≤ 20% other varieties authorised in Umbria · Others allowed
Blend rules
Colli Perugini Vino Santo/Vin Santo
- ≥ 50% Trebbiano Toscano · Main grape
- ≤ 50% other varieties authorised in Umbria · Others allowed
- ≤ 10% Malvasie · Allowed
Other varieties allowed
Besides the main grapes, the rules allow these varieties in some wines. Grape names link where a profile exists.
37 varieties · Colli Perugini Bianco, Colli Perugini Trebbiano, Colli Perugini Vino Santo/Vin Santo
Albana, Bellone, Biancame, Bombino Bianco, Canaiolo Bianco, Falanghina, Fiano, Friulano, Garganega, Grechetto, Greco, Greco Bianco, Incrocio Bruni 54, Maceratino, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Malvasia del Lazio, Manzoni Bianco, Montonico Bianco, Mostosa, Muller Thurgau, Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains, Passerina, Pecorino, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Sylvaner, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Spoletino, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia di S. Giminiano, Viognier, Welschriesling
38 varieties · 4 wines
Aglianico, Alicante, Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Canaiolo Nero, Carignan, Cesanese Comune, Cesanese D Affile, Ciliegiolo, Colorino, Dolcetto, Foglia Tonda, Gaglioppo, Gamay, Grechetto Rosso, Grero, Lacrima, Maiolica, Malbec, Malvasia, Mammolo, Marselan, Merlot, Montepulciano, Nebbiolo, Petit Verdot, Pinot Noir, Primitivo, Prugnolo Gentile, Rebo, Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso, Sagrantino, Syrah, Tannat, Teroldego, Vernaccia Nera
38 varieties · Colli Perugini Chardonnay, Colli Perugini Pinot Grigio
Albana, Bellone, Biancame, Bombino Bianco, Canaiolo Bianco, Falanghina, Fiano, Friulano, Garganega, Grechetto, Greco, Greco Bianco, Incrocio Bruni 54, Maceratino, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Malvasia del Lazio, Manzoni Bianco, Montonico Bianco, Mostosa, Muller Thurgau, Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains, Passerina, Pecorino, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Sylvaner, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Spoletino, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia di S. Giminiano, Viognier, Welschriesling
37 varieties · Colli Perugini Grechetto
Albana, Bellone, Biancame, Bombino Bianco, Canaiolo Bianco, Falanghina, Fiano, Friulano, Garganega, Greco, Greco Bianco, Incrocio Bruni 54, Maceratino, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Malvasia del Lazio, Manzoni Bianco, Montonico Bianco, Mostosa, Muller Thurgau, Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains, Passerina, Pecorino, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Sylvaner, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Spoletino, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia di S. Giminiano, Viognier, Welschriesling
38 varieties · Colli Perugini Cabernet Sauvignon
Aglianico, Alicante, Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Calabrese, Canaiolo Nero, Carignan, Cesanese Comune, Cesanese D Affile, Ciliegiolo, Colorino, Dolcetto, Foglia Tonda, Gaglioppo, Gamay, Grechetto Rosso, Grero, Lacrima, Maiolica, Malbec, Malvasia, Mammolo, Marselan, Merlot, Montepulciano, Nebbiolo, Petit Verdot, Pinot Noir, Primitivo, Prugnolo Gentile, Rebo, Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso, Sagrantino, Sangiovese, Syrah, Tannat, Teroldego, Vernaccia Nera
38 varieties · Colli Perugini Merlot
Aglianico, Alicante, Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Canaiolo Nero, Carignan, Cesanese Comune, Cesanese D Affile, Ciliegiolo, Colorino, Dolcetto, Foglia Tonda, Gaglioppo, Gamay, Grechetto Rosso, Grero, Lacrima, Maiolica, Malbec, Malvasia, Mammolo, Marselan, Montepulciano, Nebbiolo, Petit Verdot, Pinot Noir, Primitivo, Prugnolo Gentile, Rebo, Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso, Sagrantino, Sangiovese, Syrah, Tannat, Teroldego, Vernaccia Nera
36 varieties · Colli Perugini Spumante
Albana, Bellone, Biancame, Bombino Bianco, Canaiolo Bianco, Falanghina, Fiano, Friulano, Garganega, Greco, Greco Bianco, Incrocio Bruni 54, Maceratino, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Malvasia del Lazio, Manzoni Bianco, Montonico Bianco, Mostosa, Muller Thurgau, Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains, Passerina, Pecorino, Riesling, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Sylvaner, Trebbiano Giallo, Trebbiano Spoletino, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia di S. Giminiano, Viognier, Welschriesling
In the vineyard and cellar: rules for every wine
2,000
Vines per hectare, minimum
500 m
Highest vineyard allowed
No forcing
Forcing the vines is prohibited
Cellar
Where the wine must be made
Within the production zone
02 · Climate fingerprint
The climate
The growing season averages 18.1 °C, warm on Gregory Jones's scale, with 1,745 growing degree days (Winkler III).
The average year 1991–2020, vineyards at about 373 m
Monthly mean, °CRain, mmGrowing season
- Growing-season temperature
- 18.1 °C
- Warm · 17–19 °C (Jones)
- Growing degree days
- 1,745
- Region III: 1,667–1,943 degree days
- Growing-season rain
- 470 mm
- Of 870 mm a year
- Harvest rain
- 183 mm
- September–October
Copernicus ERA5-Land monthly averages at 5 vineyard points (Vineyard point 1, 285 m; Vineyard point 2, 413 m; Vineyard point 3, 359 m; Vineyard point 4, 605 m; Vineyard point 5, 204 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.
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. ПавликениVery similarCompared with Colli Perugini: same season warmth, similar rain.
2. SauternesVery similarCompared with Colli Perugini: same season warmth, similar rain.
3. CéronsVery similarCompared with Colli Perugini: 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, 183 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 Perugini · 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: Maximum altitude is 450 m for black and 500 m for white varieties (500 recorded). Spumante may be made by tank or bottle fermentation and elaborated anywhere in the province of Perugia. Vin Santo grapes are dried until 31 March at most and to at least 26% sugar, and the wine is made in wooden vessels of up to 350 litres; its sweetness ranges 'dal secco al dolce'.
- National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.