Nebbiolo d'Alba

Nebbiolo d'Alba is an appellation in Italy across 32 communes. The rules allow red and rosé wine, based on 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

Quality Sparkling Wine/Wine

Protected since

1973-09-18

Area

50,160 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

34.39 × 30.19 km

Centre

44.7043° N, 7.9092° E

Grapes

Nebbiolo

Max yield

77 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,300 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

4.6 km east of Bra

Nearest city

32 km south-west of Asti 74,348 people

To the sea

69 km

Rivers nearby

Tanaro (1.8 km) · Varaita (19 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

124–660 m

Mean elevation

282 m

Measured over the whole outline on 43,057 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)67%
• Unconsolidated sediments22%
• Siliciclastic sedimentary rocks (sandstone, shale)12%

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

Communes · 32

• Alba
• Baldissero D'Alba
• Bra
• Canale
• Castagnito
• Castellinaldo D'Alba
• Corneliano D'Alba
• Diano D'Alba
• Govone
• Grinzane Cavour
• Guarene
• La Morra
• Magliano Alfieri
• Monchiero
• Monforte D'Alba
• Montaldo Roero
• Montelupo Albese
• Monteu Roero
• Monticello D'Alba
• Montà
• Novello
• Piobesi D'Alba
• Pocapaglia
• Priocca
• Roddi
• Roddino
• Santa Vittoria D'Alba
• Santo Stefano Roero
• Sinio
• Sommariva Perno
• Verduno
• Vezza D'Alba

Wineries · 23

• Agricola Gian Piero Marrone
• Az. Agr. Cascina Gavetta
• Az. Agricola Abrigo Fratelli
• Azienda Agricola Abrigo Fratelli
• Azienda Agricola Giorgio Sobrero
• Azienda Agricola Matteo Corregia
• Azienda agricola Il Gottino
• Cantina Maccagno
• Cantina del Nebbiolo
• Cascina Occhetti
• Casina Mucci
• Castrum Roche
• Elio Grasso
• Fratelli Ferrero
• Fratelli Rabino
• Gianni Ramello Winery
• Isnardi Ernesto
• Nadia Curto
• Palazzo Rosso
• Poderi Moretti Azienda Agricola Vitivinicola
• Teo Costa
• Vini Fratelli Savigliano
• costa di bussia tenuta arnulfo

From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.

Sources

EU register of geographical indications