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The reds here turn inky and mineral-driven, built on volcanic soils that pull earth and smoke into every vintage; the whites hold tension between ripeness and acidity that few southern regions achieve.
Region DNA
The character of Southern Italy
Based on 16 wines with structural data
Style profile
Broad range with a recognisable character
FEM score distribution
Based on 3 rated wineries in this region
Flavor territory
Most frequent primary flavor groups
Style breakdown
Wine style frequency · Bar length = relative count
Top grape varieties
Varieties ranked by number of wines · Number = wine count
Most representative winery
The estate whose wines are closest to the regional average — the truest expression of Southern Italy
Novantaceppi
VisitSouthern Italy is a wine region in Italy, home to 5 producers tracked on Femente, 1 of them rated 90+ on the critic index. Its vineyards are led by Primitivo, Cannonau, and Montepulciano, producing Southern Italy Red and Southern Italy Primitivo wines with notes of Tree fruit, Black fruit, and Oak. It takes in Puglia, Terre Siciliane, Basilicata, Molise, and Sardegna.
Southern Italy — good to know
- What grape varieties are grown in Southern Italy?
- The most planted varieties in Southern Italy are Primitivo, Cannonau, Montepulciano, and Pinot Grigio, based on the wines Femente tracks across the region.
- What wines is Southern Italy known for?
- Southern Italy is known for Southern Italy Red, Southern Italy Primitivo, and Southern Italy White wines and flavors of Tree fruit, Black fruit, and Oak.
- How many wineries are in Southern Italy?
- Femente tracks 5 producers in Southern Italy, of which 1 are rated 90+ on the critic index.
- Where is Southern Italy?
- Southern Italy is a wine region in Italy, taking in Puglia, Terre Siciliane, Basilicata, and Molise.
Southern Italy
The reds here turn inky and mineral-driven, built on volcanic soils that pull earth and smoke into every vintage; the whites hold tension between ripeness and acidity that few southern regions achieve.
Producers in Southern Italy
- Altomonte — honest
- Pacelli — honest
- Marinella — undiscovered
- Tenuta del Travale — honest
- Terre Nobili — distinction
- Antichi Viticultori — undiscovered
- Il Paccone — undiscovered
- Piscina Mirabile — undiscovered
- Vini Abate — honest
- Vesuviana — undiscovered
- Caputo — honest
- Emilio Iovane — undiscovered
- Villa Diamante — honest
- Fattoria Pagano — honest
- Vadiaperti — distinction
- Borgo San Michele — honest
- Amoroso — undiscovered
- La Masserie — honest
- La Sibilla — distinction
- Peppe Buio — honest
- Tradizioni — undiscovered
- Corte Normanna — honest
- Fontanavecchia — distinction
- Sella delle Spine — honest
- Terre del Vescovo — honest
- Michele Romano — honest
- Terranera — honest
- Santacosta — honest
- Ormera — undiscovered
- Montevetrano — distinction
- Regina Viarum — honest
- Cantine Longobardi — undiscovered
- Anno Domini 1590 — honest
- Castelle — honest
- Villa Matilde — distinction
- Mario Portolano — distinction
- Tenuta Sant'Agostino — honest
- Mustilli — distinction
- Iorio — honest
- Cantine del Mare — distinction
- Cantina di Solopaca — distinction
- La Guardiense — distinction
- Capretto — undiscovered
- Agnanum — distinction
- Feudi di San Gregorio — distinction
- Montesole — distinction
- Bartolomeo IT — undiscovered
- Cantine Astroni — distinction
- Agricultural Irpinia — undiscovered
- Luigi Maffini — distinction
- Feudi Studi — honest
- Tommasone — honest
- Camposcino — undiscovered
- Terre dei Colapietro — undiscovered
- Casebianche — distinction
- Vestini Campagnano — distinction
- Terre dei Lupi — undiscovered
- Sclavia — distinction
- Azienda Agricola Le Anfore — undiscovered
- Vigne Sannite — distinction
- Grotta del Sole — distinction
- Terre del Duca — undiscovered
- Cortecorbo — undiscovered
- Chorus — honest
- Macchialupa — distinction
- Terre Stregate — distinction
- Porto di Mola — honest
- Tenuta le Vignole — undiscovered
- Vigne di Malies — undiscovered
- Casa di Baal — honest
- Terre di Valter — distinction
- Mila Vuolo — distinction
- Rossella Cicalese — undiscovered
- Capolino Perlingieri — distinction
- Alepa — honest
- Benito Ferrara — distinction
- Cantine di Marzo — distinction
- Cenatiempo — distinction
- Manimurci — honest
- Di Prisco — distinction
- Caputalbus — honest
- Sorrentino — distinction
- Fattoria Prattico — undiscovered
- Eremo di S.Iconio — undiscovered
- Iovine — distinction
- Sanpaolo — distinction
- Cantine Rao — undiscovered
- Nativ — distinction
- Villa Altieri — undiscovered
- Sofi — undiscovered
- Tortora — undiscovered
- Nanni Copé — distinction
- Sylva Mala — undiscovered
- I Capitani — distinction
- La Vinicola del Titerno — honest
- Albamarina — distinction
- I Pentri — distinction
- Sertura — distinction
- Guastaferro — distinction
- Nolurè — distinction
- Luigi Tecce — distinction
- Villa Orsini — undiscovered
- Cantine Santarpia — undiscovered
- Antica Hirpinia — distinction
- Nifo Sarrapochiello — honest
- Monte Faliesi — honest
- Podere Veneri Vecchio — honest
- Iannella — honest
- Cantine di Tufo — honest
- Baronia di Taurasia — undiscovered
- Zampino Cantine — honest
- Masseria Vigne Vecchie — honest
- Torricino — distinction
- Poderi Sarno — distinction
- Le Terre di Giù — undiscovered
- Lunarossa — distinction
- Cantine A.Sammarco — honest
- Bambinuto — honest
- I Borboni — honest
- Fortunato — undiscovered
- La Feromani — undiscovered
- Cardosa — undiscovered
- Tenute Adolfo Spada — honest
- Tenuta Ponte — honest
- Tenuta Ievoli — undiscovered
- Fiorentino — honest
- Le Masciare — distinction
- Tenuta Fontana — honest
- Cantine Federiciane Monteleone — honest
- Vigne Storte — honest
- Vincenzo Tortora — undiscovered
- Fonzone — distinction
- Casarocca — undiscovered
- Donna Ines — undiscovered
- Rocca dei Rettori — undiscovered
- Elena Catalano — honest
- Cicirinella — undiscovered
- Terre d'Aione — distinction
- Torre dei Chiusi — honest
- Pezzapane — undiscovered
- Terra d'Ercole — undiscovered
- Borgodangelo — distinction
- Crypta Castagnara Cantine — undiscovered
- Cantina Tagliafierro — honest
- Cantina Santiuorio — undiscovered
- Zaia — undiscovered
- Cantina dei Monaci — distinction
- Arco di Traiano — undiscovered
- De Liso — distinction
- Carlo Centrella — undiscovered
- San Potito — undiscovered
- d'Autore — undiscovered
- Cantina Francesca — undiscovered
- Macchie S Maria — honest
- Poderi Foglia — distinction
- Cantine Mediterranee — undiscovered
- Quartum — undiscovered
- Vitematta — honest
- Di Cerbo — undiscovered
- Amphoreus — undiscovered
- Madeincoast — undiscovered
- Carlo de Lucia — undiscovered
- Vini Corvino — undiscovered
- Tenute Casoli — honest
- Casa Setaro — distinction
- Serra Degli Ilici — undiscovered
- Terre di Cesare — undiscovered
- Cantine Foschini — honest
- Il Colle del Corsicano — distinction
- San Domenico — honest
- Fioravante Romano — undiscovered
- Terre Nostre — undiscovered
- Trotta — undiscovered
- No Name But Wine — undiscovered
- La Cantina Triunfo — undiscovered
- Davide Campagnano — undiscovered
- Falluto — undiscovered
- Il Casolare DiVino — undiscovered
- Feudo Apiano — undiscovered
- Zannini — undiscovered
- La Masseria di Sessa — undiscovered
- Cantine Tora — distinction
- Verrone Viticoltori — honest
- d'Orta e De Conciliis — honest
- Paolo di Maro — undiscovered
- Antica Masseria Venditti — honest
- Trabucco — honest
- Azienda Agricola Silvio Trama — undiscovered
- Raffaele Palma — honest
- Strega — undiscovered
- Adelina Molettieri — undiscovered
- Moronia — undiscovered
- Vinum Fabulas — undiscovered
- M.G — undiscovered
- Terre del Sole — undiscovered
- Fuoco di Amalfi — undiscovered
- Cantina Morone — honest
- Colli — undiscovered
- Cantina di Lisandro — distinction
- Giardini di Cataldo — undiscovered
- Terra delle Streghe — undiscovered
- Cantine Novera — undiscovered
- Varriale — undiscovered
- Meoli — honest
- Cantina Sacco — undiscovered
- Corte del Golfo — honest
- Snav — undiscovered
- Tenuta Pampinus — undiscovered
- Capuana — undiscovered
- Cantine Angelino — undiscovered
- Vigne Guadagno — distinction
- Masseria Alfano — honest
- Salerno — undiscovered
- Carputo — honest
- Grillo Mariamichela — undiscovered
- Cantine Rea — undiscovered
- Sentiero del Riccio — undiscovered
- Gismondi — undiscovered
- Masseria Ferraioli — undiscovered
- Montefalcione — undiscovered
- Nocerino — undiscovered
- Aalia — undiscovered
- Tenuta di Costanzo — undiscovered
- BL — undiscovered
- Agriturismo Bosco Farneto — undiscovered
- I Feudali — honest
- Savi — undiscovered
- Bicu de Fremundi — undiscovered
- A.R.L Taurasi — undiscovered
- Azienda Agricola de Fortuna — undiscovered
- Cantine Carannante — undiscovered
- Tenute Bianchino — honest
- Vini Cangiani — undiscovered
- La Vinicola del Vecchio — undiscovered
- Cantine Palazzo Marchesale — undiscovered
- Speranza Salvatore — undiscovered
- Carlo Mazzella — undiscovered
- Marecoccola — undiscovered
- Formisano — undiscovered
- Nomades — undiscovered
- Morgia — undiscovered
- Terre Irpine — undiscovered
- Simone Giacomo — undiscovered
- Vinicola Agriflegrea — honest
- D'Antiche Terre — distinction
- Podere 1925 — undiscovered
- Il Calvese — undiscovered
- Masseria Campito — honest
- Agricola Cianciulli — undiscovered
- Basileo vini — undiscovered
- Salvatore Martusciello — distinction
- Fabio de Beaumont — honest
- Saccoccio — undiscovered
- Brama — undiscovered
- Botti — undiscovered
- Azienda Votino — honest
- Cantine Silvestro — undiscovered
- Bajola di Alice Iacono — honest
- Diomede — distinction
- Cantine Cennerazzo — honest
- De Angelis — distinction
- La Capranera — distinction
- Cantine La Marca — honest
- Cantina di Santo — undiscovered
- Pierluigi Zampaglione — distinction
- Dubl — honest
- Vigna di Pellegrino — undiscovered
- Tenuta Di Sarno — undiscovered
- Castello Arechi — undiscovered
- Tenuta del Bifan — undiscovered
- Tenuta Monte Sant'Angelo — undiscovered
- Sergio Boccella — undiscovered
- Canlibero — honest
- Vigna Maurisi — distinction
- Le Lune del Vesuvio — honest
- Calatia — distinction
- Alabastra — undiscovered
- Sciore — undiscovered
- Tenuta Donna Elvira — honest
- Masiello 1923 — undiscovered
- Cantine Russo — undiscovered
- I Colli Di Luogosano — undiscovered
- Del Gaudio — undiscovered
- Poderi Simeone — undiscovered
- Casa Brecceto — honest
- Cantine del Maresciallo — undiscovered
- Tenuta C'est La Vie — undiscovered
- I Moresani — undiscovered
- Poderi Trabucco Aurilio — undiscovered
- Fortuna — undiscovered
- Cantavitae — honest
- 36 Casali — undiscovered
- Asprinio De Angelis — undiscovered
- Capri Moonlight — undiscovered
- San Salvatore — distinction
- Bosco della Dea — undiscovered
- Renato Cosimato — undiscovered
- La Fortezza — honest
- Bianchini Rossetti — honest
- Cantine Ruggiero — undiscovered
- Antica Trattoria di Pietro — undiscovered
- Cantine Lonardo — critic
- Ocone — distinction
- Colline del Sole — honest
- Casa Agricola Scorziello — undiscovered
- Salvatore Molettieri — distinction
- Fattoria La Rivolta — distinction
- Struzziero — distinction
- Cantina del Barone — distinction
- Donnachiara — distinction
- Viticoltori de Conciliis — distinction
- Mastroberardino — critic
- Masseria Frattasi — distinction
- Cantine Cuore Sacro — undiscovered
- San Giuliano — undiscovered
- Vinosia Luciano Ercolino — distinction
- Moio — honest
- Taburni Domus — honest
- Terredora — distinction
- Azienda Agricola di Meo — distinction
- Terre d'Ausonia — undiscovered
- Cantina Arianna — undiscovered
- Torre del Pagus — honest
- Cantina di Salopata — undiscovered
- Aminea — distinction
- Tenuta Scuotto — distinction
- Masseria Felicia — distinction
- Cavalier Pepe — distinction
- Pietracupa — distinction
- Magliulo — undiscovered
- Rocca del Principe — distinction
- Fontana delle Selve — honest
- Viticoltori Polito — honest
- Fontenovella — undiscovered
- Rossovermiglio — distinction
- Cantine Stinca — honest
- Telaro — honest
- Enodelta — honest
- Tommasini — undiscovered
- Le Tre Torri — undiscovered
- Boccella — distinction
- Cantina del Vesuvio — honest
- Pietratorcia — honest
- Falernum — undiscovered
- Amarano — distinction
- Seliano — undiscovered
- Masseria Picone — undiscovered
- Giuseppe Apicella — distinction
- Ametrano — honest
- Terre Caudium — undiscovered
- Antico Castello — distinction
- Nobili del Vesuvio — undiscovered
- Historia Antiqua — honest
- Alois — distinction
- Tenute Zeuli — undiscovered
- La Molara — honest
- Torre a Oriente — distinction
- Iovino — undiscovered
- Tempere — undiscovered
- Ciro Picariello — distinction
- Ducale — honest
- Cantina Fosso degli Angeli — honest
- Cobellis — honest
- I Cacciagalli — distinction
- Cantine Ferraro — undiscovered
- Perrazzo — honest
- Vitagliano — undiscovered
- Quintodecimo — critic
- Contea dé Altavilla — undiscovered
- Wartalia — honest
- F Lli Pagano — undiscovered
- Nugnes — distinction
- Monte di Grazia — distinction
- Cantine Elmi — undiscovered
- Guido Marsella — distinction
- Agricola San Domenico — undiscovered
- Colli di Lapio di Romano Clelia — distinction
- Colli di Castelfranci — distinction
- Mavi — undiscovered
- Selvanova — distinction
- Masseria Piccirillo — distinction
- AltaVigna — honest
- Terra di Briganti — distinction
- Santiquaranta — honest
- Societa Coop — undiscovered
- Cantine Olivella — distinction
- Cautiero — honest
- Il Verro — honest
- Romans — undiscovered
- Galardi — critic
- Cantine Castel Belvedere — honest
- Cantine Ciervo — undiscovered
- Firosa — undiscovered
- Casula Vinaria — undiscovered
- Viticoltori Lenza — honest
- Brenca — undiscovered
- Santimartini — undiscovered
- Sannio Sapori — undiscovered
- Tenuta Santianni — undiscovered
- Vigneti Centopalmi — undiscovered
- I Tre Mori — distinction
- Pacelli — undiscovered
- Di Nuzzo — undiscovered
- Vinicola del Sannio — honest
- Antiche Radici — undiscovered
- San Cumano — undiscovered
- Monte Taburno — undiscovered
- La Masseria — undiscovered
- De Lucia — honest
- Anna Bosco — undiscovered
- Carmar — undiscovered
- Fappiano — undiscovered
- Il Buon Vino — undiscovered
- Via Sartania — undiscovered
- La Vinicola Raiano — undiscovered
- Milianti — honest
- Azienda Agricola Giacomo Ascione — undiscovered
- Ambrosio — undiscovered
- Cantine Matrone — distinction
- Terra di Lavoro — undiscovered
- Tenuta la Mura — undiscovered
- Fontana Cupa — undiscovered
- Masseria Orlando — undiscovered
- Vigne Chigi — distinction
- Drengot — honest
- Sagliocco — undiscovered
- Tenuta Tralice — undiscovered
- Cantina del Taburno — distinction
- Colli del Sannio — undiscovered
- Lauranti — undiscovered
- Terra Degli Dei — undiscovered
- Tenuta San Francesco — distinction
- Marisa Cuomo — distinction
- Villa Rufolo — undiscovered
- Tenute del Fasanella — honest
- Noverre — undiscovered
- Cantine Daniele — undiscovered
- Tredaniele — undiscovered
- Il Granato — undiscovered
- Cantina Federico - De Gregorio Capri — undiscovered
- Podere San Domenico — undiscovered
- Cantine Collefasani — honest
- Cantine Sciacca — undiscovered
- Azienda Agricola Felace — undiscovered
- Vesevus — honest
- L'Orto del Vesuvio — undiscovered
- DM Vini — undiscovered
- Maranto — undiscovered
- Contrada Salandra — distinction
- Farro — distinction
- Casa d'Ambra — distinction
- Il Giardino Mediterraneo — undiscovered
- Tenuta del Cannavale — undiscovered
- Fattoria Terranova — undiscovered
- Tre Fiori — honest
- Cantine dell'Angelo — distinction
- Cantina Mito — honest
- Passo delle Tortore — distinction
- Cantine Catena — undiscovered
- Cantina Russo — undiscovered
- Antonio Napolitano — undiscovered
- Vigna Ciampa Matteis — undiscovered
- Cantine Bruno — undiscovered
- Laura De Vito — honest
- Antonio Caggiano — distinction
- Il Cortiglio — honest
- Case d'Alto — distinction
- Brando Antico — undiscovered
- Cantine Sullo — undiscovered
- Stefania Barbot — critic
- Fratelli Follo — undiscovered
- De' Gaeta — honest
- Aroma — undiscovered
- Regina Collis — distinction
- Canônico & Santoli — honest
- Murgantia — undiscovered
- Cantina San Giovanni a Doglie — undiscovered
- Cantina Gallo — undiscovered
- Candriano — undiscovered
- Ponterotto — undiscovered
- Tenuta del Meriggio — distinction
- Fratelli Urciuolo — distinction
- Torelle — honest
- Santa Monica — undiscovered
- Lucrezio R — undiscovered
- Marisa Taffuri — undiscovered
- Azienda Agricola Travaglini — undiscovered
- Herero — undiscovered
- Tenute Martarosa — honest
- Cantine di Tullio — undiscovered
- Cantina Giagnacovo — honest
- Cantina Valtappino — honest
- Colle Sereno — honest
- La Cantina di Remo — undiscovered
- Cianfagna — honest
- Campi Valerio — distinction
- Tenute di Giulio — honest
- Cantina Cliternia — honest
- Cantine Salvatore — honest
- Catabbo — distinction
- Capitanio — honest
- Bacaro — distinction
- Borgo di Colloredo — honest
- Azienda Agricola Steiger-Kalena — honest
- Tenimenti Grieco — honest
- Di Vito — undiscovered
- Casale Madonna Grande — undiscovered
- Claudio Cipressi — distinction
- Rotoletti — undiscovered
- Cantine di Palma — honest
- D'Angelo — distinction
- Duca Degli Abruzzi — undiscovered
- Delli Colli — undiscovered
- Vigne del Vulture — honest
- Cantina Mastrangelo — undiscovered
- I Gelsi — honest
- Symposium — undiscovered
- Fontana del Re — undiscovered
- Pagliuca — undiscovered
- Maravigna — honest
- Le Masserie — honest
- Adele Musella — undiscovered
- Pulcinella — undiscovered
- Vento di Mare — honest
- Tenuta Rinaldi — undiscovered
- Srl Marsala — undiscovered
- Zefiro — undiscovered
- Solaro — undiscovered
- Il Folle — honest
- Gennaro — undiscovered
- Le Contrade — honest
- Petraio — honest
- De Mulini — undiscovered
- Valenti — undiscovered
- Humano — undiscovered
- Don Salvatore — undiscovered
- The Family — undiscovered
- Oro Blu — undiscovered
- La Botte — undiscovered
- Avide — distinction
- Sustanza — undiscovered
- Conti Testa — undiscovered
- La Mura — honest
- Cardillo — undiscovered
- Marcello — undiscovered
- La Mura — honest
- Eughenès — undiscovered
- Cantine Russo — honest
- Rao — undiscovered
- Valenti — undiscovered
- Fuocomuorto — honest
- Azienda Agricola Del Grillo — undiscovered
- Castello Monteverde — undiscovered
- Tenuta Lacco — undiscovered
- Wave — honest
- Moccari — undiscovered
- Luca&Luca — undiscovered
- Marco Maci — honest
- Posta Della Casa — undiscovered
- Masserie Civitella — honest
- Cantine Paradiso — honest
- Moramari — undiscovered
- Rivera — distinction
- Alberto Longo — distinction
- Cantine di Marco — honest
- F.G. — undiscovered
- Valentina Passalacqua — honest
- Cantina Ariano — distinction
- Fujanera — honest
- Posta Pastorella — undiscovered
- Valle Dell Elce — undiscovered
- Larocca — undiscovered
- Sano — undiscovered
- Villa Vittoria — honest
- Luccarelli — honest
- La Costiera — undiscovered
- Tenuta Attini Domenico — undiscovered
- l'Amabile — honest
- Fortore — undiscovered
- Solimando Vini — undiscovered
- La Porta — undiscovered
- Cantine Re Dauno — undiscovered
- Nico — undiscovered
- Nico IT — undiscovered
- Peppe Zullo — undiscovered
- La Bottega del Gusto — undiscovered
- Caldeo — undiscovered
- Domini Dauni — undiscovered
- Casa de Bellucci — honest
- Cantine Losito - Terre del Gargano — honest
- Padre Pio — undiscovered
- Costantinopoli — undiscovered
- Luigi Antonio Angelini — honest
- Mediterranea — honest
- La Masseria — undiscovered
- Elda — honest
- Capitano — undiscovered
- Tratturo Regio — undiscovered
- Vinarpi 1998 — undiscovered
- Santissimo — undiscovered
- Boccadoro — undiscovered
- Cantine Ciatò — undiscovered
- Augusto — honest
- Le Masserie — honest
- Petrosino — undiscovered
- Benvenuto — undiscovered
- d'Arapri — honest
- Mocavero — distinction
- Le Masserie Torcuddia — honest
- L'Unico — undiscovered
- Teanum — honest
- Paolo Petrilli — honest
- Luna Argenta — honest
- Mandorla — honest
- Juvara — undiscovered
- Cantine LeGrotte — honest
- Sciara — undiscovered
- Cantine Terre Federiciane — honest
- Tenuta Fontanella — undiscovered
- d'Urso — undiscovered
- Sapormio — undiscovered
- Paglione — honest
- Identità — undiscovered
- Tra Volo — undiscovered
- Cimaglia — undiscovered
- Bubici — undiscovered
- Func — undiscovered
- Antico Fondo Beneficio — undiscovered
- Soledoro — undiscovered
- Le Masserie — honest
- Mea Culpa — undiscovered
- Layra — honest
- Vialoni — honest
- La Torretta — honest
- Cantine Ruggiero — undiscovered
- Marina Piccola — undiscovered
- Tana Di Volpe — undiscovered
- Plantamura — honest
- Pisan-Battèl — undiscovered
- Tenute Sannella — undiscovered