Veneto · Vinous

What is made here

Wine colours

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

Where it is

Veneto 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 Veneto must meet.

12 wines in the rules, all colours.
Wine	Main grape(s)	Max yield t/ha	Wine from grapes max. %	Wine min. % alc.	Acidity min. g/l	Dry extract min. g/l
Veneto bianco	–	25	80	9	3.5	13
Veneto bianco frizzante	–	25	80	9	3.5	13
Veneto rosso	–	25	80	9.5	3.5	17
Veneto rosso frizzante	–	25	80	9.5	3.5	17
Veneto novello	–	25	80	11	3.5	17
Veneto rosato	–	25	80	9	3.5	14
Veneto rosato frizzante	–	25	80	9	3.5	14
Veneto bianco passito	–	25	50	–	–	–
Veneto rosso passito	–	25	50	–	–	–
Veneto with a white grape variety	85% named variety	–	80	9	3.5	13
Veneto with a red grape variety	85% named variety	–	80	9.5	3.5	17
Veneto Cabernet	Cabernet franc / Cabernet sauvignon / Carmenère	25	80	9.5	3.5	17

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

Veneto with a white grape variety

≥ 85% named variety · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes suitable or under observation in the respective provinces · Others allowed

Blend rules

Veneto with a red grape variety

≥ 85% named variety · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes suitable or under observation in the respective provinces · Others allowed

Blend rules

Veneto Cabernet

– Cabernet franc / Cabernet sauvignon / Carmenère · Main grape
≤ 15% other grapes suitable or under observation in the respective provinces · 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: Veneto · 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: Any variety suitable or under observation in the seven Veneto provinces may be named (at least 85%), except Pinot grigio. Varietal yields are 25 t/ha, but 19 t/ha for Chardonnay, Pinot bianco, Pinot nero, Riesling renano, Cabernet franc, Traminer, Manzoni bianco, Sauvignon, Oseleta, Pedevenda, Marzemina bianca, Carmenère, Rebo, Tai rosso, Petit Verdot and Manzoni moscato, 15 t/ha for Syrah and 12 t/ha for Manzoni rosa. Passito has no analytical limits of its own. Varietal wines may be frizzante, red ones also novello. Frizzante may be elaborated in neighbouring regions under a grandfather clause.
National tier (DOC/DOCG) not captured yet; rules extracted from the specification text.