An uncommon vintage with a late frost (end April) that went over France, Spain and Italy burning well developed buds; a hot summer and a long drought period.
Only few regions in the north received few summer rains.
Thanks to the great work of the producers in the vineyard management allowed to have a lower production but kept the situation far from a possible catastrophe.
Low production:
In total 15 Million hectoliters less than the 2016.
A lesser production with picks of 45% less in few areas in Tuscany, Lazio/Umbria and Sardinia.
Heterogeneous quality:
The grapes were very healthy all over Italy. Different ripening conditions, within the same vineyards and some very dry bunches in some areas and for some grapes resulted in a god quality level all over Italy but with heterogeneous situations.
During this vintage a great role have been played by the scientific approach and knowledge of the oenologist mainly in the vineyards conduction.
Final data are as follow:
| Region | Production HL 2016 (Istat) | Average HL expected 2017 (*) | % change | HLs change |
| Piemonte | 2.549.000 | 1.910.000 | -25% | -639.000 |
| Lombardia | 1.473.000 | 960.000 | -35% | -513.000 |
| Trentino A.A. | 1.213.000 | 1.030.000 | -15% | -183.000 |
| Veneto | 10.145.000 | 8.110.000 | -20% | -2.035.000 |
| Friuli V.G. | 1.856.000 | 1.480.000 | -20% | -376.000 |
| Emilia Romagna | 7.857.000 | 5.890.000 | -25% | -1.967.000 |
| Toscana | 3.025.000 | 1.660.000 | -45% | -1.365.000 |
| Marche | 956.000 | 670.000 | -30% | -286.000 |
| Lazio Umbria | 2.284.000 | 1.250.000 | -45% | -1034.000 |
| Abruzzo | 3.948.000 | 2.760.000 | -30% | -1.188.000 |
| Campania | 1.286.000 | 1.030.000 | -20% | -256.000 |
| Puglia | 9.636.000 | 6.740.000 | -30% | -2.896.000 |
| Sicilia | 6.042.000 | 4.230.000 | -30% | -1.812.000 |
| Sardegna | 804.000 | 440.000 | -45% | -364.000 |
| Others (**) | 1.064.000 | 740.000 | -30% | -324.000 |
| Total | 54.138.000 | 38.900.000 | -28% | -15.238.000 |
* Data expected for every region
** Valle d’Aosta, Liguria, Molise, Basilicata, Calabria
source Assoenologi – Extracted from the forecast published by the Italian Oenologist association on the 20th October 2017 – assoenologi.it