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Piave

Piave is a DOC (controlled designation of origin) wine made in the provinces of Treviso and Venice. The production rules require at least 50% Merlot. The rules allow 14 types (red, passito and white).

Category
DOC
Provinces
Treviso, Venice
Minimum alcohol
12% vol
Recognised
DOC 1971

Grapes: Piave Rosso

The grapes allowed in the base wine and the shares set by the production rules.

  • Merlotat least 50%
  • other red-berried grapesnon-aromatic, from among Cabernet, Carmenère, Merlot and Rabosoup to 50%

Piave Cabernet

  • Cabernetfrom Cabernet franc, Cabernet Sauvignon and/or Carmenèreat least 85%

Piave Carmenère

Piave Merlot

Raboso del Piave

  • Rabosofrom Raboso Piave and/or Raboso veroneseat least 85%

Piave Tai

  • Taifrom Tocai friulanoat least 85%

Piave Verduzzo

  • Verduzzofrom Verduzzo trevigiano and/or Verduzzo friulanoat least 85%

Piave Chardonnay

Piave Manzoni bianco

Wine types

Type names are given as they appear on the label.

TypeStyleMinimum alcoholMinimum ageing
Piave RossoRed12% vol2 monthsfrom 1 November of the harvest year
Piave Rosso riservaRed12.5% vol2 yearsfrom 1 November of the harvest year
Piave CabernetRed12% vol2 monthsfrom 1 November of the harvest year
Piave Cabernet riservaRed12.5% vol2 yearsfrom 1 November of the harvest year
Piave CarmenèreRed12% vol2 monthsfrom 1 November of the harvest year
Piave MerlotRed12% vol2 monthsfrom 1 November of the harvest year
Piave Merlot riservaRed12.5% vol2 yearsfrom 1 November of the harvest year
Raboso del PiaveRed12% vol2 yearsfrom 1 November of the harvest year
Raboso del Piave passitoPassito (dried grapes)15% vol18 monthsfrom 1 November of the harvest year; grapes dried to 15% vol natural alcohol, not crushed before 15 November
Piave TaiWhite12% vol2 monthsfrom 1 November of the harvest year
Piave VerduzzoWhite11.5% vol2 monthsfrom 1 November of the harvest year
Piave Verduzzo passitoPassito (dried grapes)15% vol1 yearfrom 1 November of the harvest year; grapes dried to 15% vol natural alcohol, not crushed before 15 November
Piave ChardonnayWhite12% vol2 monthsfrom 1 November of the harvest year
Piave Manzoni biancoWhite12.5% vol2 monthsfrom 1 November of the harvest year

Production area

Map of the Piave production area in Veneto
Shaded: the 62 Veneto municipalities the production rules name, wholly or in part. Explore it on the interactive map

The zone includes the whole territory of 34 municipalities (28 in the province of Treviso, 6 in the province of Venezia) and part of the territory of another 28 (22 in the province of Treviso, 6 in the province of Venezia), in the Piave basin.

62 municipalities in the provinces of Treviso, Venice, wholly or in part:

  • Arcade
  • Breda di Piave
  • Casale sul Sile
  • Cessalto
  • Chiarano
  • Cimadolmo
  • Codognè
  • Fontanelle
  • Godega di Sant'Urbano
  • Gorgo al Monticano
  • Mareno di Piave
  • Maserada sul Piave
  • Monastier di Treviso
  • Oderzo
  • Ormelle
  • Ponte di Piave
  • Ponzano Veneto
  • Portobuffolè
  • Povegliano
  • Roncade
  • Salgareda
  • San Biagio di Callalta
  • San Fior
  • San Polo di Piave
  • Santa Lucia di Piave
  • Spresiano
  • Vazzola
  • Zenson di Piave
  • Carbonera
  • Casier
  • Gaiarine
  • Mansuè
  • Mogliano Veneto
  • Orsago
  • Preganziol
  • Silea
  • Villorba
  • Colle Umberto
  • Conegliano
  • Cordignano
  • Giavera del Montello
  • Montebelluna
  • Motta di Livenza
  • Nervesa della Battaglia
  • Paese
  • San Vendemiano
  • Susegana
  • Trevignano
  • Vittorio Veneto
  • Volpago del Montello
  • Fossalta di Piave
  • Marcon
  • Meolo
  • Noventa di Piave
  • Quarto d'Altino
  • San Donà di Piave
  • Venezia
  • Ceggia
  • Eraclea
  • Jesolo
  • Musile di Piave
  • Torre di Mosto

Sources

  1. Ministero dell'agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste (2019). Disciplinare di produzione dei vini a denominazione di origine controllata "Piave". Testo consolidato, ultima modifica: provvedimento ministeriale 12 luglio 2019 (informazione sulla modifica ordinaria pubblicata nella GUUE C 225 del 5 luglio 2019).

Official texts are in Italian. Checked on 2026-11-03.