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Barbaresco

DOCGAppellation

Barbaresco is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 4 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Nebbiolo. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies next to Alba and 26 km south-west of Asti.

Nebbiolo from Barbaresco, Neive, Treiso and part of Alba, north-east of Barolo. At least 26 months of ageing, 9 in wood. Usually a little earlier to approach than Barolo. Single sites follow an official MGA list.
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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
9,231 ha registered outline
Extent N–S × E–W
13.15 × 14.77 km
Centre
44.7005° N, 8.0400° E
Grapes
Nebbiolo
Max yield
56 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,500 vines/ha
Irrigation
Prohibited

Where it is

Nearest town
next to Alba
Nearest city
26 km south-west of Asti 74,348 people
To the sea
56 km
Rivers nearby
Tanaro (2.1 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
136–568 m
Mean elevation
237 m
Mean slope
9.5° (17 %)
Steepest tenth
above 20°
Faces
several directions, mostly west

Measured over the whole outline on 125,730 elevation cells of about 27 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

Barbaresco Red
Nebbiolo
max 56 hl/ha · min 3,500 vines/ha
Barbaresco Riserva Red
Nebbiolo
max 56 hl/ha · min 3,500 vines/ha
Barbaresco con Menzione Geografica Red
Nebbiolo
max 56 hl/ha · min 3,500 vines/ha
Barbaresco con Menzione Geografica Riserva Red
Nebbiolo
max 56 hl/ha · min 3,500 vines/ha

Vintages: Piedmont (Barolo, Barbaresco)

305
406
407
408
309
510
411
312
513
314
415
516
317
318
519
420
521
322
423
324

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

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

Communes · 4

Wineries · 5

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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