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DOC area for white wines and red wines in the Italian region of Lazio. It is located in the most south-eastern part of the Castelli Romani area. The zone comprises around 2,200 hectares of vineyards in the complete area of the two municipalities of Lariano and Velletri in the province of Roma, as well as a sub-area of the municipality of Cisterna di Latina in the province of Latina.

The Bianco is blended from Malvasia Bianca di Candia and/or Malvasia Puntinata = Malvasia del Lazio (max. 70%), Trebbiano Toscano, Trebbiano Verde = Verdicchio Bianco and Trebbiano Giallo (for the 30%), Bellone and/or Bonvino = Bombino Bianco and other authorised varieties (max. 20%). The Spumante is produced from the same grape varieties by means of bottle fermentation.

Rosso (also known as Riserva) is produced from Sangiovese (10-45%), Montepulciano (30-50%), Cesanese with the varieties Cesanese Commune and Cesanese di Affile (to the 10%), Bombino Nero and/or Merlot and/or Ciliegiolo Nero and other authorised varieties (max. 30%).

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