IGT White

Poggio Le Volpi Donnaluce, Lazio Bianco IGT

Azienda Agricola Poggio le Volpi

Grapes
Malvasia, Chardonnay, Greco, Bombino Bianco, Malvasia Puntinata
Denomination
Lazio IGT
Region
Lazio
ABV
13%
Body
Medium

A soft, savoury white from the volcanic hills at Monte Porzio Catone, just outside Rome. Malvasia del Lazio leads the blend. Expect apricot, peach and a faint almond finish. Poggio Le Volpi make about 20,000 bottles a year.

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2024 · 75cl · checked 12 Sep

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Where to buy Lazio Bianco IGT Donnaluce Poggio Le Volpi

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Tasting Notes

How Poggio Le Volpi's Donnaluce tastes

The estate's own sheet leads on apricot, peach, lychee and lavender, over a salty edge. Vivino drinkers agree: peach, melon and apricot top their summary of 546 reviews.

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Style guidance
Source
Style guidance · confidence Medium
Taste profile
Body Light / Full
Tannins Smooth / Grippy
Sweetness Dry / Sweet
Acidity Soft / Crisp
Typical flavours for this style (Malvasia)

The flavours below are the signature of Malvasia in this style, shown here as shared reference. Tasting notes specific to this bottle are added when we research it.

JasmineJasmine
LavenderLavender
ApricotApricot
LycheeLychee
White peachWhite peach
Wet stonesWet stones
AlmondAlmond
HazelnutsHazelnuts
HoneyHoney
Live UK pricing

Buying the 2024 Donnaluce

Donnaluce is Poggio Le Volpi's best known white, and only about 20,000 bottles are made a year. UK stock comes and goes. In Italy it sells for around 17 euros.

Best price · 75 cl £17.40 at vino
Price spread £17.40 Across 1 UK retailer tracked
Retailers tracked 1UK 2 in stock
Vintages live 2025 · 2024 Current release: 2025
Per-litre (75 cl basis) £23.20 Per-litre price for the lowest current offer
Last checked 13 Sep 2026 Refreshed once every 24 hours
Wine fit score

How Donnaluce scores on our six measures

These scores set Donnaluce against other Italian whites near its price. It rates high for food and for easy drinking, low for cellaring, because nothing in the making is built to last.

Best with food 8.8/10

Salty, fresh and soft at once, so it works with raw fish, fried food and creamy risotto alike.

Best intro to this style 8.2/10

Soft, fruity and easy to like, with no tannin and no oak to get used to.

Best everyday bottle 6.8/10

Easy enough for a Tuesday, though a UK price near 20 pounds makes it a treat rather than a habit.

Best value 6.5/10

Around 20 pounds in the UK buys a wine Bibenda has starred in nearly every year since 2013, which is more decoration than most Lazio whites carry.

Best for an occasion 5.2/10

Lazio IGT is not a grand title, but this is the estate's flagship white and the cameo label makes it a gift-shelf bottle.

Best for cellar 2.5/10

Three months in steel and no ageing rule to meet: this is not a bottle to keep.

Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.

Denomination Compliance Snapshot

Lazio in five fields

A compact view of what the Lazio denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.

Allowed grapes
Variety list not yet recorded
This bottle: Malvasia, Chardonnay, Greco, Bombino Bianco, Malvasia Puntinata.
Minimum ageing
Recorded by producer
Disciplinare ageing rule not yet recorded.
Region / area
Frosinone · Latina · Rieti · Roma · Viterbo
Source: Disciplinare.
Style
IGT · Lazio
Classification
IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica)
What that means →
Vintages

Lazio's 2024 harvest, and what it did to this wine

Lazio picked about 30% more fruit in 2024 than in the very short 2023. Growers called the weather hard work, but the grapes ripened well. Donnaluce is made to drink young, so the freshest bottle is the best bottle.

2025 Current release
Lowest price
£17.40
Retailers
1 in stock
2024 Previous release
Lowest price
£17.40
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
13.0%
Window
Drink now through 2027

Lazio picked about 30% more fruit in 2024 than in the very short 2023, after a season of drought and awkward weather. Ripeness came good in the end. Drink this one young and cold.

2024 Previous release
Lowest price
£17.40
Retailers
1 in stock
ABV
13.0%
Window
Drink now through 2027

Lazio picked about 30% more fruit in 2024 than in the very short 2023, after a season of drought and awkward weather. Ripeness came good in the end. Drink this one young and cold.

Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.

The disciplinare, the place, the label

Why Poggio Le Volpi's Donnaluce is priced where it is

Hand-picked fruit, volcanic ground above Frascati and a run of only 20,000 bottles all push the price up. Lazio IGT rules add no ageing cost, which pulls it back down.

01

DOC, DOCG, IGT: what the badges mean

Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.

Lazio is in the IGT tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.

02

The denomination rules, in detail

  • Allowed grapes. Varieties not yet recorded
  • Tasting panel. No mandatory pre-release tasting
03

Region and area context

Lazio falls within Lazio, covering Frosinone · Latina · Rieti · Roma · Viterbo.

The zone the estate stands in The producer

Made at Azienda Agricola Poggio le Volpi, Monteporzio Catone. Directions

04

Reading the label

  • Azienda Agricola Poggio le VolpiProducer / estate
  • Malvasia · Chardonnay · Greco · Bombino Bianco · Malvasia PuntinataGrape varieties
  • Lazio IGTGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 2025Vintage (year of harvest)
  • Producer-declared ABV · 75 clAlcohol by volume and bottle size
05

What sits behind the price of Lazio Bianco IGT Donnaluce Poggio Le Volpi

Tracked from
£17.40
Direction
Mostly cost up
Drivers
5 up / 1 down
Main factor
Hand-picked fruit, and only 20,000 bottles a year
  1. 01

    Hand-picked fruit, and only 20,000 bottles a year

    Cost up

    Poggio Le Volpi pick Donnaluce by hand and make about 20,000 bottles a year. Hand work costs far more per bottle than a machine pass over the same rows.

  2. 02

    The estate's own volcanic ground above Frascati

    Cost up

    The estate sheet puts these vines on volcanic soil rich in trace elements at Monte Porzio Catone. Owning the land cuts out a grower's margin, but it ties up money.

  3. 03

    Three months resting in steel before release

    Cost up

    The wine sits on its own yeast in steel for at least three months. Tank time is cheaper than barrel time, but it is still three months of stock nobody has paid for.

  4. 04

    Lazio IGT rules, not a DOCG

    Cost down

    Lazio IGT sets no ageing period and no tasting panel. Donnaluce carries none of the cost a DOCG title adds, which is why it lands near 20 pounds and not 40.

  5. 05

    UK duty and VAT

    Cost up

    UK duty on a still wine at 13% is 2.67 pounds a bottle, and VAT takes a sixth of the shelf price. On a 19.30 pound bottle that is close to 6 pounds before anyone else is paid.

  6. 06

    A long record with Bibenda and Luca Maroni

    Cost up

    Five bunches from Bibenda in nearly every year since 2013, and 99 points from Luca Maroni more than once. A record like that holds a price up.

01

Hand-picked fruit, and only 20,000 bottles a year

Cost up

Poggio Le Volpi pick Donnaluce by hand and make about 20,000 bottles a year. Hand work costs far more per bottle than a machine pass over the same rows.

Food Pairing

Shellfish, sushi and fried artichokes: what fits Donnaluce

Poggio Le Volpi point this wine at raw seafood, tempura and sushi, and spaghetti with clams. The Italian guide Decanto adds carciofi alla giudia, the Roman fried artichoke that beats most wines.

Acidity matching Strong match

Clams, mussels and other shellfish

The salty streak in this wine sits right next to the sea salt in shellfish, so neither one shouts. Freshness then rinses the mouth between bites. Poggio Le Volpi put spaghetti with clams and bottarga at the top of their own list.

Try with: Impepata di cozze · Cozze arraganate · Fregula ai frutti di mare · Oysters · More pairings →

Salt balance Strong match

Salt cod, the Roman way

Salt cod is salty and oily at once. The wine's own salty edge matches the first, and its freshness cuts the second. Vino.com pick Roman fried salt cod fillets for exactly this reason.

Try with: Baccala Mantecato · Baccala alla cosentina · Baccala a Ciuredda · More pairings →

Fat cutting Good match

Tempura and light fried food

Frying leaves oil on the tongue and this wine washes it off. The soft, round body stops it fighting the batter. The estate names tempura on its own pairing list.

Try with: Tempura · Prawn Tempura · Gnocco fritto · More pairings →

Aromatic bridge Good match

Sushi and raw fish

Lychee and peach in the glass echo the sweetness in good raw fish. There is no oak and no tannin to bruise it. Poggio Le Volpi list sushi and raw seafood starters themselves.

Try with: Nigiri Sushi · Sashimi · Miso Black Cod · More pairings →

Body matching Good match

Vegetable risotto

A creamy risotto needs a white with some weight, and three months on its own yeast gives Donnaluce that weight. The salty edge keeps the dish from feeling heavy. The estate suggests citrus and vegetable risottos.

Try with: Pumpkin risotto · Radicchio risotto · Porcini mushroom risotto · More pairings →

Avoid Clash

Long-cooked meat and sweet puddings

A rich meat ragu rolls straight over this wine and leaves it tasting thin. Sugar does worse: a dry white next to a pudding turns sour. Save Donnaluce for the first half of the meal.

Skip with: Ragu alla bolognese · Lasagna · Beef wellington · Sticky Toffee Pudding · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar

Donnaluce is built to drink young

Three months in steel on its own yeast gives Donnaluce body, not staying power. There is no oak ageing and no cellar rule to meet. Buy the current year and drink it within three.

Cellar potential
Low

Three months in steel and no ageing rule to meet: this is not a bottle to keep.

Buy now or wait?
Buy now

£17.40 is the lowest tracked offer for the current vintage and we have no signal of further discounting.

Sources & trust

Our sources for Donnaluce

Prices & stock

Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day. Last refresh: 13 Sep 2026, 00:01 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.

Confidence · High
Tasting notes

A style read drawn from the grape and the appellation, not from this exact bottle. We mark these notes openly so you know what you are reading.

Confidence · Medium
Appellation rules & ageing

From the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.

Confidence · High
Why it costs what it costs

Our reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.

Confidence · Medium
Drink window & cellar potential

Style guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.

Confidence · Medium
Related

Donnaluce, Poggio Le Volpi and the wines of Lazio

Producer
Azienda Agricola Poggio le Volpi Lazio
Grapes
Malvasia Chardonnay Greco Bombino Bianco
Denomination
Lazio IGT
Region
Lazio Region guide

Common Questions

It tastes of apricot, white peach and lychee, with a soft, rounded feel and a faint almond note at the end. The estate also finds lavender, honey and hazelnut. On Vivino, peach, melon and apricot lead the drinker summary drawn from 546 reviews.

Malvasia del Lazio leads. The estate's current sheet names Bombino alongside it, plus other grapes allowed under the Lazio IGT rules. Older guides list the blend as 60% Malvasia del Lazio, 30% Greco and 10% Chardonnay.

Shellfish, salt cod and light fried food. Poggio Le Volpi suggest tempura and sushi, spaghetti with clams, and fresh goat's cheese. The Italian guide Decanto adds carciofi alla giudia, Rome's fried artichokes.

Drink it within about three years of the harvest. It rests three months in steel on its own yeast, which adds body but not staying power. The 2024 is at its best now.

On the record it is one of Lazio's most decorated whites. Bibenda has given it five bunches in nearly every year since 2013. Luca Maroni has scored it 99 points several times, and Vivino drinkers rate it 4.1 from 8,818 ratings.

Stock is thin. Only one shop in our list carries the 2024, and it is out of stock right now. Donnaluce sells for around 17 euros at home in Italy, so a UK price near 20 pounds is normal once shipping and duty are added.

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