Vineyards cover 31,000 hectares (Eleventh) of which registered DOC plots total 10,000 hectares (Eleventh).
Annual wine production of 2,100,000 hectolitres (Tenth) includes 13 per cent of 282,000 hectolitres DOC (Tenth), of which about 75 per cent is white.
DOC AREAS Bianchello del Metaura W-Dr Bianco dei Colli Maceratesi W-Dr Falerio dei Colli Ascolani W-Dr
Lacrima di Morro D'Alba R-Dr, also Sw, Sp Rosso Conero R-Dr, Rs Ag-2 Rosso Piceno R-Dr, Sup Ag-1 Sangiovese dei Colli Pesaresi R-Dr Verdicchio dei Castelli di Jesi W-Dr, also Sp
Verdicchio di Matelica W-Dr, also Sp Vernaccia di Serrapetrona R-Dr/Sw-Sp
OTHER WINES OF NOTE R-Dr Braccano Montepulciano delle Marche Rosso di Corinaldo Rozzano Tenuta di Pongelli Vellutato Vernaccia di Pergola Vernaculum W-Dr Antico di Casa Fosca Le Busche Le Moie Monsanulus Verdicchio di Montanello Verdicchio Pian delle Mura Others Donna Giulia, P-Dr-Sp Ko`maros, P-Dr Rosato Montanello, P-Dr Vin Santo, W-Sw
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