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Barbera del Monferrato

Appellation

Barbera del Monferrato is an appellation in Italy across 212 communes. The rules allow red wine, based on Barbera, Dolcetto, Freisa and Grignolino. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks.

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Key facts

Type
DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Category
Semi-Sparkling Wine/Wine
Protected since
1973-09-18
Area
309,725 ha outline of listed communes
Extent N–S × E–W
166.94 × 255.45 km
Centre
44.8261° N, 8.2642° E
Grapes
Barbera, Dolcetto, Freisa, Grignolino
Min planting density
3,500 vines/ha
Irrigation
Allowed

Where it is

Nearest town
9.5 km south of Asti
Nearest city
29 km west of Alessandria 92,104 people
To the sea
57 km
Rivers nearby
Tanaro (7.7 km)
Same latitude
Nova Scotia (Annapolis Valley) (Canada), Old Mission Peninsula (United States)

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

Terrain

Elevation
73–1,638 m
Mean elevation
233 m

Measured over the whole outline on 16,961 elevation cells of about 431 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

Barbera del Monferrato Red
BarberaDolcettoFreisaGrignolino
min 3,500 vines/ha
Barbera del Monferrato (con Menzione Vigna) Red
BarberaDolcettoFreisaGrignolino
min 3,500 vines/ha
Barbera del Monferrato Frizzante Red · Semi-Sparkling Wine
BarberaDolcettoFreisaGrignolino
min 3,500 vines/ha
Barbera del Monferrato Frizzante (con Menzione Vigna) Red · Semi-Sparkling Wine
BarberaDolcettoFreisaGrignolino
min 3,500 vines/ha

Bedrock

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

Communes · 212

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Wineries · 54

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications

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