Barbera d'Asti

Barbera d'Asti is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 166 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Barbera. 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

222,900 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

160.97 × 255.33 km

Centre

44.8532° N, 8.1761° E

Grapes

Albarossa, Ancellotta, Avarengo, Barbera, Becuet, Bonarda, Brachetto, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chatus, Ciliegiolo, Cornarea, Croatina, Dolcetto, Doux D'Henry, Durasa, Freisa, Gamay, Gamba Rossa, Grignolino, Lambrusca Di Alessandria, Malvasia Di Casorzo, Malvasia Di Schierano, Malvasia Nera Lunga, Merlot, Moscato Nero Di Acqui, Nebbiolo, Ner D'Ala, Neretta Cuneese, Neretto Di Bairo, Passau, Pelaverga, Pelaverga Piccolo, Petit Verdot, Pinot Nero, Plassa, Quagliano, Sangiovese, Slarina, Syrah, Teroldego, Uva Rara, Uvalino, Vespolina

Other grapes

Avana', Bragat Rosa, Montanera, Ruche'

Max yield

63 hl/ha

Min planting density

4,000 vines/ha

Irrigation

Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Asti

Nearest city

35 km west of Alessandria 92,104 people

To the sea

65 km

Rivers nearby

Tanaro (0.2 km)

Same latitude

Old Mission Peninsula (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

98–1,638 m

Mean elevation

219 m

Measured over the whole outline on 12,323 elevation cells of about 430 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)62%
• Unconsolidated sediments35%

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

Communes · 166

Wineries · 49

• Araldica Castelvero
• Az. Agraria La Favorita - Isituto Tecnico Agrario di Asti
• Az. Agricola Cascina Quarino
• Azienda Agricola Ca d'Tulin
• Azienda Agricola Cascina Garitina
• Azienda Agricola Garrone Evasio & Figlio
• Azienda Agricola Giulio Arnera
• Azienda Agricola La Canova
• Azienda Agricola Occhetti Vittorio, Alfonso & Pierluigi
• Azienda Villa Fiorita
• Azienda Vinicola Rocca Gabriele
• Azienda Vitivinicola Cascina Fiore
• Azienda vitivinicola La Briusa
• Bacchus Cioccaro
• Botto Marco Vini
• Botto Vini
• Bussi Piero
• Ca' di Cicul
• Ca' di Cicul
• Cantina Alice Bel Colle
• Cantina sociale "Tre Secoli" (vini bianchi)
• Cantina sociale "Tre Secoli" (vini rossi)
• Cantina sociale "Tre secoli" Sca - Punto vendita
• Cantine Carel
• Cantine Cascina Valpane
• Cantine Povero srl
• Casa Vinicola Marenco Srl
• Casalone
• Cascina Christiana
• Cà del Prete Azienda Agr. Vitivinicola a Coltivazione Biologica
• Gozzelino Sergio
• Il Nonnotto
• La Badia
• Leporati Ermenegildo
• Michele Chiarlo
• Montefiorito Srl. Societa’ Agricola
• Paolo Pizzorni Vini
• Poderi dei Bricchi Astigiani
• Quota Wine & Coffee
• Rinaldi Vini

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications