Frascati, an Italian white wine, takes its name from the town of Frascati, located 25 km southeast of Rome, in Lazio, Italy. Archeological discoveries from the ancient town of Tusculum, now Frascati, demonstrate the cultivation of grapes for wine since the 5th century BC. Frascati was one of the preferred wines of ancient Rome, of Renaissance popes, of poets and artists visiting in the Grand Tour, and of the La Dolce Vita generation in the 1960s. Made from Malvasia di Candia, Malvasia del Lazio, Grechetto, Bombino bianco, and Trebbiano grapes, Frascati gained denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) status in 1966 and DOCG status in 2011, making it one of Italy's first DOC wines. The Frascati DOC/DOCG area is located in the heart of the Roman Castles, Tusculum and Albani Hills south of Rome, and north of Lake Albano. The vineyards range from 200 to 1,000 feet in altitude. The soils are well drained and volcanic. The DOC allows for a minimum of 70% Malvasia and/or Malvasia del Lazio and a 30% maximum of Trebbiano and/or Greco and a maximum of 10% other white grapes. Many of the vineyards' cellars have ancient Roman caves. Modern cellars and techniques are now leading the way to an ever-growing reputation of a fine quality wine, with many award-winning labels. Frascati wine is an ingredient in the Frascati Frizz aperitif.
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Frascati is an appellation in Lazio, Italy. We track 8 of its wines in stock at 5 shops, from 3 wine houses, from € 9.37; mostly white.
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Lazio
- In our wines
- Malvasia, Trebbiano, Bombino
- Styles
- White 8
- Prices
- from € 9.37 · median € 14.50 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotso far +2.7 °C · 2,548 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2025 | 3 | € 12.00 | € 14.50 | – | hot +1.1 °C · 2,512 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2024 | 1 | € 14.00 | € 14.00 | – | hot +1.6 °C · 2,622 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2023 | 1 | € 15.00 | € 15.00 | – | hotdry harvest +1.5 °C · 2,585 GDD · 84 % rain |
| 2022 | 1 | € 13.50 | € 13.50 | – | hotdry +2.1 °C · 2,713 GDD · 55 % rain |
| 2021 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.1 °C · 2,301 GDD · 58 % rain |
| 2020 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 2,352 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2019 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.6 °C · 2,409 GDD · 105 % rain |
| 2018 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.1 °C · 2,497 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 2017 | – | – | – | – | warmdry +0.9 °C · 2,463 GDD · 54 % rain |
| 2016 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 2,259 GDD · 117 % rain |
| 2015 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 2,372 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 2,113 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 2,262 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.6 °C · 2,405 GDD · 124 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 2,319 GDD · 71 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 2,138 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 2,373 GDD · 96 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 2,315 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest +0.2 °C · 2,324 GDD · 56 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 2,299 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.4 °C · 2,183 GDD · 124 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 2,163 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | hot +1.2 °C · 2,531 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 2,168 GDD · 126 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.2 °C · 2,235 GDD · 58 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 2,283 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 2,269 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest +0.1 °C · 2,294 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 2,156 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.4 °C · 1,973 GDD · 141 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.1 °C · 2,046 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 2,352 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 2,284 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.5 °C · 2,169 GDD · 134 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.3 °C · 1,985 GDD · 160 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 2,183 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | coldwetwet harvest −1.3 °C · 1,997 GDD · 130 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.1 °C · 2,248 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 2,215 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 2,147 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.2 °C · 2,236 GDD · 47 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | coldwet harvest −1.9 °C · 1,869 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 2,180 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 2,267 GDD · 75 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Frascati's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the appellation. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
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