Lazio does not offer one single wine landscape. Mountains, lakes, islands, volcanic hills and the coast all sit within the region, and local soils and climates give the wines very different characters.
Around Castelli Romani, volcanic soils and nearby lakes accompany dry, off-dry, sparkling and novello styles. Cesanese, Lazio's important native black grape, is central to the hills of the Monti Ernici, where Cesanese del Piglio DOCG vineyards lie between 200 and 600 metres on soils that run from clay to sand.
Circeo DOC covers Latina, Sabaudia, San Felice Circeo and Terracina. Its whites are fresh and easy-drinking, with citrus and apple aromas, while its reds and rosatos are based on Merlot. Further north, Tuscia Viterbese includes names such as Aleatico di Gradoli, Colli Etruschi Viterbesi and Vignanello.
Roma DOC stretches across coastal areas, Sabina Romana, Colli Albani, Colli Prenestini and part of Campagna Romana. Sedimentary and volcanic soils meet dry July and August weather and wide day-night temperature shifts. The slower ripening that follows can give its reds aroma, balance, structure and body.
Inside the region
5 named areas
Each guide keeps its place within Lazio clear, with a direct route back to the map.
- 01Castelli Romani & Colli Albani3 producersCastelli Romani & Colli Albani sits within Lazio, Italy.
- 02Ciociaria & Cesanese HillsNo producers listed yetCiociaria & Cesanese Hills sits within Lazio, Italy.
- 03Pontine Plain & Southern Tyrrhenian Coast1 producerPontine Plain & Southern Tyrrhenian Coast sits within Lazio, Italy.
- 04Rome Northern Fringe & SabinaNo producers listed yetRome Northern Fringe & Sabina sits within Lazio, Italy.
- 05Tuscia / Viterbo (Etruria)No producers listed yetTuscia / Viterbo (Etruria) sits within Lazio, Italy.
Producer profiles
Begin with this selection, or open the full directory when you want every producer currently placed in Lazio.
- Azienda Agricola SETENatural wine estate in Priverno, Lazio, farming twelve recovered old-vine plots in the Amaseno Valley. Known for Safara, a skin-contact white blended from Trebbiano, Ottonese, and Malvasia Puntinata grown on vines fifty to one hundred years old.
- Cantina GaffinoFamily estate founded in 1961 on volcanic soils south of Rome, farming 28 hectares of estate vines exclusively. Known for Fojetta, a dry Viognier named after a Renaissance papal tavern measure, and Roma DOC, a structured red blend of Montepulciano, Sangiovese, and Petit Verdot.
- Cantina Terracanta di Soc. Agricola Ceglia s.s.Three-generation biodynamic farm south of Rome, making unfiltered amphora-aged white wine from Trebbiano and Malvasia on volcanic tuff soil.