Lazio · Vinous

What is made here

Wine colours

Colours the rules allow. Pick a colour to filter the rules and grapes below.

Where it is

Lazio in Italy

The protected area is the whole administrative region, so its official outline is used. Boundary: Eurostat NUTS 2021 regions (© EuroGeographics). 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 Lazio must meet.

19 wines in the rules, all colours.
Wine	Main grape(s)	Max yield t/ha	Wine from grapes max. %	Grape sugar min. g/l	Grape ripeness min. % pot. alc.	Wine min. % alc.	Actual alc. min. %	Acidity min. g/l	Dry extract min. g/l
Lazio bianco	–	21	75	–	10	10.5	–	4.5	14
Lazio bianco frizzante	–	21	75	–	10	10.5	–	4.5	14
Lazio bianco spumante	–	21	75	–	9	10	–	5	15
Lazio bianco passito	–	10	45	272	16	16	9	4	24
Lazio bianco vendemmia tardiva	–	14	75	–	15	15	12	4.5	20
Lazio rosso	–	20	75	–	10	11	–	4.5	18
Lazio rosso frizzante	–	20	75	–	10	11	–	4.5	18
Lazio rosso novello	–	20	75	–	10	11	–	4.5	18
Lazio rosso spumante	–	20	75	–	9	10	–	5	17
Lazio rosso passito	–	10	45	–	16	16	9	4	24
Lazio rosso vendemmia tardiva	–	14	75	–	15	15	12	4.5	20
Lazio rosato	–	20	75	–	10	10.5	–	4.5	15
Lazio rosato frizzante	–	20	75	–	10	10.5	–	4.5	15
Lazio rosato spumante	–	20	75	–	9	10	–	5	15
Lazio rosato passito	–	10	45	–	16	–	–	–	–
Lazio rosato vendemmia tardiva	–	14	75	–	15	–	–	–	–
Lazio with grape variety, white	85% Named variety	21	75	–	10	10.5	–	4.5	14
Lazio with grape variety, red	85% Named variety	20	75	–	10	11	–	4.5	18
Lazio with grape variety, rosato	85% Named variety	20	75	–	10	10.5	–	4.5	15

From the official production rules (disciplinare di produzione). Hover a figure to see the clause it comes from. A dash means the rules set no figure, or it is not captured yet.

Blend rules

Lazio with grape variety, white

≥ 85% Named variety · Main grape
≤ 15% Other varieties suitable for Lazio · Others allowed

Blend rules

Lazio with grape variety, red

≥ 85% Named variety · Main grape
≤ 15% Other varieties suitable for Lazio · Others allowed

Blend rules

Lazio with grape variety, rosato

≥ 85% Named variety · Main grape
≤ 15% Other varieties suitable for Lazio · Others allowed

In the vineyard and cellar: rules for every wine

Cellar

Where the wine must be made

Within the production zone

02 · Where the numbers come from

Sources

eAmbrosia, the EU register of geographical indications (wine) · European Commission · Commission reuse policy
Legge 12 dicembre 2016, n. 238 (Testo unico della vite e del vino), Articles 3, 28 and 33 · Repubblica Italiana · Official act
NUTS 2021 regions, 1:10 million (GISCO) · Eurostat; © EuroGeographics for the administrative boundaries · Eurostat GISCO terms (attribution)
Disciplinare di produzione: Lazio · Ministero dell'agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste (MASAF) · Official act

Still to check (3)

Same area as its administrative region; the boundary is the region's outline.
From the specification: Yield limits apply with or without variety names. Rosato passito and vendemmia tardiva are listed but Art. 6 gives them no analytical limits. White passito grapes must be dried to at least 272 g/l sugar. Varietal wines may also be spumante, passito, vendemmia tardiva, frizzante or (red) novello, with the matching type's limits; labels may name 2 or 3 varieties. Vinification also allowed in the province of Terni; spumante method not specified.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.