Alba

Alba is an appellation in Italy across 54 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Barbera and Nebbiolo. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Wine

Protected since

2011-12-20

Area

87,269 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

48.25 × 41.17 km

Centre

44.6414° N, 7.9439° E

Grapes

Albarossa, Ancellotta, Avarengo, Barbera, Becuet, Bonarda, Brachetto, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chatus, Ciliegiolo, Cornarea, Croatina, Dolcetto, Doux D'Henry, Durasa, Freisa, Gamay, Gamba Rossa, Grignolino, Lambrusca Di Alessandria, Malvasia Di Casorzo, Malvasia Di Schierano, Malvasia Nera Lunga, Merlot, Moscato Nero Di Acqui, Nebbiolo, Ner D'Ala, Neretta Cuneese, Neretto Di Bairo, Passau, Pelaverga, Pelaverga Piccolo, Petit Verdot, Pinot Nero, Plassa, Quagliano, Sangiovese, Slarina, Syrah, Teroldego, Uva Rara, Uvalino, Vespolina

Other grapes

Avana', Bragat Rosa, Montanera, Ruche'

Min planting density

3,300 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

9.7 km south-west of Alba

Nearest city

36 km south-west of Asti 74,348 people

To the sea

62 km

Rivers nearby

Tanaro (5.9 km) · Varaita (23 km)

Same latitude

Willamette Valley (United States), Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada)

Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.

Terrain

Elevation

124–674 m

Mean elevation

304 m

Measured over the whole outline on 74,605 elevation cells of about 109 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.

Wines and grape rules

Vintages: Piedmont (Barolo, Barbaresco)

Atlas editorial scores: a consensus of widely published vintage reports, not one critic's view. Scores for 2023 and 2024 are early and can change as the wines develop. Scale 1 to 5.

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)58%
• Unconsolidated sediments30%
• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)12%

Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.

Communes · 54

Wineries · 43

• Agricola Gian Piero Marrone
• Anna Maria Abbona
• Az. Agr. Cascina Gavetta
• Az. Agricola Abrigo Fratelli
• Azienda Agricola Abrigo Fratelli
• Azienda Agricola Eraldo Revelli
• Azienda Agricola Fratelli Cigliuti
• Azienda Agricola Giorgio Sobrero
• Azienda Agricola Matteo Corregia
• Azienda Agricola Poderi La Collina
• Azienda Agricola Tintero
• Azienda Agrivinicola Sebaste
• Azienda Vitivinicola "Mossio Fratelli"
• Azienda agricola Il Gottino
• Banca del Vino
• Borgogno
• Cantina Maccagno
• Cantina Montaribaldi
• Cantina del Glicine
• Cantina del Nebbiolo
• Cantine Fontanafredda
• Cantine Manfredi
• Cascina Occhetti
• Casina Mucci
• Castrum Roche
• Elio Grasso
• Enoteca Regionale
• Fratelli Ferrero
• Fratelli Rabino
• Gianni Ramello Winery
• Isnardi Ernesto
• La Trava
• Moccagatta
• Montaribaldi
• Nadia Curto
• Palazzo Rosso
• Poderi Moretti Azienda Agricola Vitivinicola
• Sordo
• Tenuta Cucco
• Tenuta di Costa Prà

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications