Italian Wine Growing Region - Umbria

Wine of Umbria, Italy

Umbria is a region of central Italy. Its capital is Perugia. It has an area of 8,456 km²

Umbria is a perfect wine producing region, with its gentle, rolling hills and a favourable vine growing climate for its vineyards, which produce excellent wines such as Orvieto, Torgiano and Rosso di Montefalco. Historically the most well known wine from this region has always been Orvieto, originally semisweet or abbocato in style. More recently Orvieto has been modified into a crisp, dry, modern wine which today is one of Italy's best selling Denominazione di Origine Controllata (DOC) whites.

Bianco Orvieto

The Bianco Orvieto DOC is composed primarily of Grechetto and Trebbiano and a blend of Malvasia, Drupeggio, Verdello and Canaiolo Bianco grapes. Grechetto is valued for the fruitiness and weight that it brings to the wine; some of the most highly rated examples of Orvieto have a high concentration of Grechetto. The wine today is radically different from the historical sweet Orvieto, with off-dry and sweet wines accounting for less than five percent of total production. In addition to the traditional grape varieties listed, some Orvieto producers have begun experimenting with non-DOC Vino da Tavola wines made from Riesling and Sauvignon blanc.

Rosso Orvietano

The Rosso Orvietano DOC covers the entire Orvieto zone and is used for the blended red wines made from Aleatico, Barbera, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Canaiolo, Cesanese, Ciliegiolo, Colorino, Dolcetto, Merlot, Montepulciano, Pinot Nero and Sangiovese. Red varietal wines are also permitted under their DOC as long as they contain at least 70% of Aleatico, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Canaiolo, Ciliegiolo, Merlot, Pinot Nero and Sangiovese. The advent of the Indicazione Geografica Tipica (IGT) classification has given Orvieto producers the ability to experimented with non-DOC wines and sell them under one of Umbria's IGT classifications.

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