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Alta Langa

DOCGAppellation

Alta Langa is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 148 communes. The rules allow rosé and white wine, based on Pinot Nero and Chardonnay. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Sparkling Wine
Protected since
2004-04-14
Area
228,488 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
53.0 × 90.43 km
Centre
44.5706° N, 8.2552° E
Grapes
Albarossa, Ancellotta, Arneis, Avarengo, Baratuciat, Barbera Bianca, Barbera, Becuet, Bonarda, Brachetto, Bussanello, Cabernet Franc, Cabernet Sauvignon, Chardonnay, Chatus, Ciliegiolo, Cornarea, Cortese, Croatina, Dolcetto, Doux D'Henry, Durasa, Erbaluce, Favorita, Freisa, Gamay, Gamba Rossa, Grignolino, Lambrusca Di Alessandria, Malvasia Di Casorzo, Malvasia Di Schierano, Malvasia Nera Lunga, Manzoni Bianco, Merlot, Moscato Bianco, Moscato Nero Di Acqui, Nascetta, Nebbiolo, Ner D'Ala, Neretta Cuneese, Neretto Di Bairo, Passau, Pelaverga, Pelaverga Piccolo, Petit Verdot, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero, Plassa, Quagliano, Riesling Italico, Riesling Renano, Rossese Bianco, Sangiovese, Sauvignon, Slarina, Sylvaner Verde, Syrah, Teroldego, Timorasso, Uva Rara, Uvalino, Vespolina, Viognier
Other grapes
Avana', Bragat Rosa, Malvasia Moscata, Montanera, Mueller Thurgau, Ruche'
Max yield
71.5 hl/ha
Min planting density
4,000 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
21 km south-west of Acqui Terme
Nearest city
37 km south of Asti 74,348 people
To the sea
34 km
Rivers nearby
Tanaro (24 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
106–1,053 m
Mean elevation
389 m

Measured over the whole outline on 48,824 elevation cells of about 218 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

Alta Langa Spumante Rosato Rosé · Sparkling Wine
Pinot Nero
max 71.5 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Alta Langa Spumante Rosato Riserva Rosé · Sparkling Wine
Pinot Nero
max 71.5 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Alta Langa Spumante White · Sparkling Wine
Chardonnay
max 71.5 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha
Alta Langa Spumante Riserva White · Sparkling Wine
Chardonnay
max 71.5 hl/ha · min 4,000 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 148

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Wineries · 44

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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