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Asti

DOCGAppellation

Asti is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 51 communes. The rules allow white wine, based on Moscato Bianco. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

Sweet, lightly sparkling Moscato Bianco from Piedmont, including the gentler Moscato d'Asti.
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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
74,350 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
30.94 × 52.72 km
Centre
44.7129° N, 8.3185° E
Grapes
Arneis, Baratuciat, Barbera Bianca, Bussanello, Cortese, Erbaluce, Favorita, Manzoni Bianco, Moscato Bianco, Nascetta, Pinot Bianco, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Rossese Bianco, Sauvignon, Sylvaner Verde, Timorasso, Viognier
Other grapes
Malvasia Moscata, Mueller Thurgau
Min planting density
4,000 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
2.2 km south-east of Canelli
Nearest city
23 km south of Asti 74,348 people
To the sea
46 km
Rivers nearby
Tanaro (20 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
106–698 m
Mean elevation
266 m

Measured over the whole outline on 63,903 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

Asti White
Moscato Bianco
min 4,000 vines/ha
Asti Spumante White · Sparkling Wine
Moscato Bianco
min 4,000 vines/ha
Asti Metodo Classico White
Moscato Bianco
min 4,000 vines/ha
Asti Spumante Metodo Classico White · Sparkling Wine
Moscato Bianco
min 4,000 vines/ha
Moscato d’Asti White
Moscato Bianco
min 4,000 vines/ha
Moscato d’Asti Vendemmia Tardiva White
Moscato Bianco
min 4,000 vines/ha
Moscato d’Asti Canelli White
Moscato Bianco
min 4,000 vines/ha
Moscato d’Asti Strevi White
Moscato Bianco
min 4,000 vines/ha
Moscato d’Asti Canelli (con Menzione Vigna) White
Moscato Bianco
min 4,000 vines/ha
Moscato d’Asti Santa Vittoria d’Alba White
Moscato Bianco
min 4,000 vines/ha
Moscato d’Asti Santa Vittoria d’Alba Vendemmia Tardiva White
Moscato Bianco
min 4,000 vines/ha
Asti Spumante Santa Vittoria d’Alba White · Sparkling Wine
Moscato Bianco
min 4,000 vines/ha
Asti Spumante Strevi White · Sparkling Wine
Moscato Bianco
min 4,000 vines/ha
Asti Spumante Metodo Classico Santa Vittoria d’Alba White · Sparkling Wine
Moscato Bianco
min 4,000 vines/ha
Asti Spumante Metodo Classico Strevi White · Sparkling Wine
Moscato Bianco
min 4,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 51

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Wineries · 35

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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