Val d'Arbia · Vinous

What is made here

Wine colours

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

Where it is

Val d'Arbia in Italy

Latitude: 43.1°–43.5° N
Vineyard altitude: 209 m to 502 m
Production zone: 134,888 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 Val d'Arbia must meet.

10 wines in the rules, all colours.
Wine	Main grape(s)	Max yield t/ha	Max wine hl/ha	Wine from grapes max. %	Grape ripeness min. % pot. alc.	Wine min. % alc.	Actual alc. min. %	Acidity min. g/l	Dry extract min. g/l
Val d’Arbia Bianco	Trebbiano Toscano, Malvasia Bianca Lunga	11	72	65	10	10.5	–	4.5	16
Val d’Arbia Chardonnay	85% Chardonnay	10	65	65	10.5	11	–	4.5	16
Val d’Arbia Grechetto	85% Grechetto	10	65	65	10.5	11	–	4.5	16
Val d’Arbia Pinot Bianco	85% Pinot Blanc	10	65	65	10.5	11	–	4.5	16
Val d’Arbia Sauvignon	85% Sauvignon Blanc	10	65	65	10.5	11	–	4.5	16
Val d’Arbia Trebbiano	85% Trebbiano Toscano	11	72	65	10	10.5	–	4.5	16
Val d’Arbia Vermentino	85% Vermentino	10	65	65	10.5	11	–	4.5	16
Val d’Arbia Vin Santo	Trebbiano toscano / Malvasia	11	39	35	10	16	12	4.5	21
Val d’ Arbia Rosato	50% Sangiovese	11	72	65	10.5	11	–	5	16
Val d’Arbia Vin Santo Riserva	Trebbiano toscano / Malvasia	11	39	35	10	16	12	4.5	21

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

Val d’Arbia Bianco

30–50% Trebbiano Toscano · Main grape
30–50% Malvasia Bianca Lunga · Main grape
– other non-aromatic white grapes suitable in Toscana · Others allowed

Blend rules

Val d’Arbia Chardonnay

≥ 85% Chardonnay · Main grape
≤ 15% other non-aromatic white grapes suitable in Toscana · Others allowed

Blend rules

Val d’Arbia Grechetto

≥ 85% Grechetto · Main grape
≤ 15% other non-aromatic white grapes suitable in Toscana · Others allowed

Blend rules

Val d’Arbia Pinot Bianco

≥ 85% Pinot Blanc · Main grape
≤ 15% other non-aromatic white grapes suitable in Toscana · Others allowed

Blend rules

Val d’Arbia Sauvignon

≥ 85% Sauvignon Blanc · Main grape
≤ 15% other non-aromatic white grapes suitable in Toscana · Others allowed

Blend rules

Val d’Arbia Trebbiano

≥ 85% Trebbiano Toscano · Main grape
≤ 15% other non-aromatic white grapes suitable in Toscana · Others allowed

Blend rules

Val d’Arbia Vermentino

≥ 85% Vermentino · Main grape
≤ 15% other non-aromatic white grapes suitable in Toscana · Others allowed

Blend rules

Val d’Arbia Vin Santo

≤ 100% Trebbiano toscano / Malvasia · Main grape
≤ 50% other white grapes suitable in Toscana · Others allowed

; release from 1 December of the third year after the harvest.

Blend rules

Val d’ Arbia Rosato

≥ 50% Sangiovese · Main grape
≤ 50% other non-aromatic grapes suitable in Toscana · Others allowed

Blend rules

Val d’Arbia Vin Santo Riserva

≤ 100% Trebbiano toscano / Malvasia · Main grape
≤ 50% other white grapes suitable in Toscana · Others allowed

; release from 1 December of the fourth year after the harvest.

Other varieties allowed

Besides the main grapes, the rules allow these varieties in some wines. Grape names link where a profile exists.

33 varieties · Val d’Arbia Bianco, Val d’Arbia Vin Santo, Val d’Arbia Vin Santo Riserva

Albana, Albarola, Ansonica, Biancone, Canaiolo Bianco, Clairette, Durella, Fiano, Grechetto, Greco, Incrocio Bruni 54, Livornese Bianca, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Malvasia Istriana, Manzoni Bianco, Marsanne, Muller Thurgau, Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains, Nocchianello Bianco, Orpicchio, Petit Manseng, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Roussanne, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Verdea, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia di S. Giminiano, Viognier, Welschriesling

35 varieties · Val d’Arbia Chardonnay

Albana, Albarola, Ansonica, Biancone, Canaiolo Bianco, Clairette, Durella, Fiano, Grechetto, Greco, Incrocio Bruni 54, Livornese Bianca, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Malvasia Istriana, Manzoni Bianco, Marsanne, Muller Thurgau, Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains, Nocchianello Bianco, Orpicchio, Petit Manseng, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Roussanne, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdea, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia di S. Giminiano, Viognier, Welschriesling

34 varieties · Val d’Arbia Grechetto

Albana, Albarola, Ansonica, Biancone, Canaiolo Bianco, Clairette, Durella, Fiano, Greco, Incrocio Bruni 54, Livornese Bianca, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Malvasia Istriana, Manzoni Bianco, Marsanne, Muller Thurgau, Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains, Nocchianello Bianco, Orpicchio, Petit Manseng, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Roussanne, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdea, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia di S. Giminiano, Viognier, Welschriesling

34 varieties · Val d’Arbia Pinot Bianco

Albana, Albarola, Ansonica, Biancone, Canaiolo Bianco, Clairette, Durella, Fiano, Grechetto, Greco, Incrocio Bruni 54, Livornese Bianca, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Malvasia Istriana, Manzoni Bianco, Marsanne, Muller Thurgau, Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains, Nocchianello Bianco, Orpicchio, Petit Manseng, Riesling, Roussanne, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdea, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia di S. Giminiano, Viognier, Welschriesling

34 varieties · Val d’Arbia Sauvignon

Albana, Albarola, Ansonica, Biancone, Canaiolo Bianco, Clairette, Durella, Fiano, Grechetto, Greco, Incrocio Bruni 54, Livornese Bianca, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Malvasia Istriana, Manzoni Bianco, Marsanne, Muller Thurgau, Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains, Nocchianello Bianco, Orpicchio, Petit Manseng, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Roussanne, Semillon, Trebbiano Toscano, Verdea, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia di S. Giminiano, Viognier, Welschriesling

34 varieties · Val d’Arbia Trebbiano

Albana, Albarola, Ansonica, Biancone, Canaiolo Bianco, Clairette, Durella, Fiano, Grechetto, Greco, Incrocio Bruni 54, Livornese Bianca, Malvasia Bianca Lunga, Malvasia Bianca di Candia, Malvasia Istriana, Manzoni Bianco, Marsanne, Muller Thurgau, Muscat Blanc A Petits Grains, Nocchianello Bianco, Orpicchio, Petit Manseng, Pinot Blanc, Riesling, Roussanne, Sauvignon Blanc, Semillon, Verdea, Verdello, Verdicchio Bianco, Vermentino, Vernaccia di S. Giminiano, Viognier, Welschriesling

34 varieties · Val d’Arbia Vermentino

54 varieties · Val d’ Arbia Rosato

Alicante, Alicante Bouschet, Ancellotta, Barbera, Barsaglina, Bonamico, Bracciola Nera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Calabrese, Caloria, Canaiolo Nero, Canina Nera, Carignan, Carmenere, Cesanese D Affile, Ciliegiolo, Colombana Nera, Colorino, Foglia Tonda, Gamay, Gralima, Grand Noir, Gratena, Groppello Gentile, Groppello di S. Stefano, Lambrusco Maestri, Malbec, Malvasia, Malvasia Nera di Brindisi, Malvasia Nera di Lecce, Mammolo, Mazzese, Merlese, Merlot, Mondeuse, Montepulciano, Moscato D Amburgo, Mourvèdre, Nocchianello Nero, Pinot Noir, Pollera Nera, Prugnolo Gentile, Pugnitello, Rebo, Refosco dal Peduncolo Rosso, Roussin, Sagrantino, Sanforte, Schiava Gentile, Syrah, Tempranillo, Teroldego, Vermentino Nero

In the vineyard and cellar: rules for every wine

3,000

Vines per hectare, minimum

No forcing

Forcing the vines is prohibited

Emergency only

Irrigation

Cellar

Where the wine must be made

Within the production zone

Allowed

Enrichment (chaptalisation)

02 · Climate fingerprint

The climate

The growing season averages 18.4 °C, warm on Gregory Jones's scale, with 1,790 growing degree days (Winkler III).

The average year 1991–2020, vineyards at about 300 m

Monthly mean, °CRain, mmGrowing season

Growing-season temperature: 18.4 °C; Warm · 17–19 °C (Jones)
Growing degree days: 1,790; Region III: 1,667–1,943 degree days
Growing-season rain: 485 mm; Of 890 mm a year
Harvest rain: 203 mm; September–October

Copernicus ERA5-Land monthly averages at 5 vineyard points (Vineyard point 1, 282 m; Vineyard point 2, 148 m; Vineyard point 3, 528 m; Vineyard point 4, 249 m; Vineyard point 5, 292 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. Valdichiana toscanaVery similarCompared with Val d'Arbia: same season warmth, similar rain.

2. Colli MaceratesiVery similarCompared with Val d'Arbia: same season warmth, similar rain.

3. Colli Romagna centraleVery similarCompared with Val d'Arbia: same season warmth, similar rain.

Growing-season temperature

Val d'Arbia

18.4 °C

Valdichiana toscana

18.4 °C

Colli Maceratesi

18.4 °C

Colli Romagna centrale

18.4 °C

Growing degree days

Val d'Arbia

1,790

Valdichiana toscana

1,801

Colli Maceratesi

1,806

Colli Romagna centrale

1,796

Growing-season rain

Val d'Arbia

485 mm

Valdichiana toscana

488 mm

Colli Maceratesi

476 mm

Colli Romagna centrale

504 mm

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, 203 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: Val d'Arbia (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: Vin Santo may be secco to dolce (sweetness left null); grapes are dried to at least 26.6% sugar and aged in caratelli of no more than 200 litres, with its 35% grape-to-wine yield measured in the third year of ageing. Enrichment is not permitted for Vin Santo; vinification is also allowed in listed neighbouring communes of Siena and Arezzo provinces.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.