Barbera d'Alba

Barbera d'Alba is an appellation in Italy across 53 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

1973-09-18

Area

84,173 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

34.39 × 41.12 km

Centre

44.7043° N, 8.0089° E

Grapes

Barbera, Nebbiolo

Max yield

70 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,300 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Alba

Nearest city

27 km south-west of Asti 74,348 people

To the sea

58 km

Rivers nearby

Tanaro (0.8 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

124–729 m

Mean elevation

306 m

Measured over the whole outline on 71,954 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 · 53

Wineries · 38

• Agricola Gian Piero Marrone
• Az. Agr. Cascina Gavetta
• Az. Agricola Abrigo Fratelli
• Azienda Agricola Abrigo Fratelli
• Azienda Agricola Fratelli Cigliuti
• Azienda Agricola Giorgio Sobrero
• Azienda Agricola Matteo Corregia
• 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
• 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
• Teo Costa
• Vini Fratelli Savigliano
• costa di bussia tenuta arnulfo

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications