Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Nizza

DOCGAppellation

Nizza is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 18 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Barbera. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

Top tier of Barbera from 18 communes around Nizza Monferrato, a separate DOCG since 2014.

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Key facts

Type: DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category: Wine
Protected since: 2019-06-12
Area: 20,964 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W: 18.37 × 23.22 km
Centre: 44.7739° N, 8.3529° E
Grapes: Barbera
Max yield: 49 hl/ha
Min planting density: 4,000 vines/ha
Irrigation: Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town: next to Nizza Monferrato
Nearest city: 18 km south-east of Asti 74,348 people
To the sea: 49 km
Rivers nearby: Tanaro (12 km)
Same latitude: Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada), Willamette Valley (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation: 109–496 m
Mean elevation: 195 m

Measured over the whole outline on 71,872 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

Nizza Red

Barbera

max 49 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha

Nizza Riserva Red

Barbera

max 49 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha

Nizza (con Indicazione Vigna) and Nizza Riserva (con Indicazione Vigna) Red

Barbera

max 44.1 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha

Vintages: Piedmont (Barolo, Barbaresco)

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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 sediments27%

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

Communes · 18

Agliano Terme
Belveglio
Bruno
Calamandrana
Castel Boglione
Castel Rocchero
Castelnuovo Belbo
Castelnuovo Calcea
Cortiglione
Incisa Scapaccino
Moasca
Mombaruzzo
Mombercelli
Nizza Monferrato
Rocchetta Palafea
San Marzano Oliveto
Vaglio Serra
Vinchio

Wineries · 5

Araldica Castelvero
Azienda Agricola Cascina Garitina
Cascina Christiana
Michele Chiarlo
Società agricola dacapo

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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