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Barbera del Monferrato Superiore

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Barbera del Monferrato Superiore is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 213 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Barbera, Dolcetto, Freisa and Grignolino. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Wine
Protected since
2009-08-08
Area
310,959 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
166.94 × 255.45 km
Centre
44.8261° N, 8.2642° E
Grapes
Barbera, Dolcetto, Freisa, Grignolino
Max yield
63 hl/ha
Min planting density
3,500 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town
9.5 km south of Asti
Nearest city
29 km west of Alessandria 92,104 people
To the sea
57 km
Rivers nearby
Tanaro (7.7 km)
Same latitude
Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada), Old Mission Peninsula (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
73–1,638 m
Mean elevation
235 m

Measured over the whole outline on 17,024 elevation cells of about 431 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

Barbera del Monferrato Superiore Red
BarberaDolcettoFreisaGrignolino
max 63 hl/ha · min 3,500 vines/ha
Barbera del Monferrato Superiore (con Menzione Vigna) Red
BarberaDolcettoFreisaGrignolino
max 56 hl/ha · min 3,500 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 213

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Wineries · 54

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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