Dolcetto d'Alba

Dolcetto d'Alba is an appellation in Italy across 36 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Dolcetto. 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

1982-12-31

Area

52,996 ha registered outline

Extent N–S × E–W

23.5 × 41.16 km

Centre

44.6537° N, 7.8839° E

Grapes

Dolcetto

Max yield

63 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,300 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

5.5 km south of Bra

Nearest city

38 km south-west of Asti 74,348 people

To the sea

65 km

Rivers nearby

Tanaro (0 km) · Varaita (18 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

136–746 m

Mean elevation

341 m

Measured over the whole outline on 180,131 elevation cells of about 54 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)67%
• Unconsolidated sediments33%

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

Communes · 36

• Alba
• Albaretto Della Torre
• Arguello
• Barbaresco
• Barolo
• Benevello
• Borgomale
• Bosia
• Castiglione Falletto
• Castiglione Tinella
• Castino
• Cherasco
• Coazzolo
• Cortemilia
• Cossano Belbo
• Grinzane Cavour
• La Morra
• Lequio Berria
• Mango
• Monforte D'Alba
• Montelupo Albese
• Narzole
• Neive
• Neviglie
• Novello
• Rocchetta Belbo
• Roddi
• Roddino
• Rodello
• Santo Stefano Belbo
• Serralunga D'Alba
• Sinio
• Torre Bormida
• Treiso
• Trezzo Tinella
• Verduno

Wineries · 25

• Agricola Gian Piero Marrone
• Az. Agr. Cascina Gavetta
• Azienda Agricola Fratelli Cigliuti
• Azienda Agricola Giorgio Sobrero
• Azienda Agricola Tintero
• Azienda Agrivinicola Sebaste
• Azienda Vitivinicola "Mossio Fratelli"
• Banca del Vino
• Borgogno
• Cantina Montaribaldi
• Cantina del Glicine
• Cantine Fontanafredda
• Casina Mucci
• Castrum Roche
• Elio Grasso
• Enoteca Regionale
• Fratelli Ferrero
• Gianni Ramello Winery
• La Trava
• Moccagatta
• Montaribaldi
• Nadia Curto
• Sordo
• Tenuta Cucco
• costa di bussia tenuta arnulfo

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications