Collection: Rosso dell'Umbria IGT

Rosso dell'Umbria IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is a versatile Italian designation from Umbria in central Italy. IGT is the freer level below DOC and DOCG, and it gives producers room to work flexibly with both grapes and styles that fall outside the region's stricter rules. The designation covers the entire region, that is to say the provinces of Perugia and Terni.

Although the name points to red, Umbria IGT as a whole encompasses a broad field, where red wine, white wine and rosato are made. A long list of grapes is permitted, both local ones such as Sangiovese, Montepulciano and Grechetto and international ones such as Cabernet Sauvignon, Merlot and Chardonnay. This gives you a fine entry point to explore Umbrian wine in several styles, from the light to the more full-bodied, with a calm, welcoming expression.

Umbria is a region with long winemaking traditions and a hilly terrain that shapes the character of the wines. It is in fact the only Italian region with neither a coastline nor a national border, and it borders its neighbours Toscana and Lazio. Sangiovese is one of Umbria's distinctive regional grapes and is often found in the more full-bodied red wines, which pair well with food that carries a little weight, while rosato and the dry white wines are pleasant companions for lighter cuisine.

At Copenhagen Wine we carry wines under the designation Rosso dell'Umbria IGT, and quite naturally they come from Umbria itself, which is the home of the designation. This fits well into our Italy-leaning range, where origin and direct connections to the producers weigh heavily. If you are fond of Italian wine with an earthy character and would like to venture a little beyond the most well-known appellations, Umbria is an area worth getting to know. If you want to delve deeper into the region's powerful red wines, you can also take a look at the Umbrian speciality Sagrantino.