Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba

Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba is a DOCG appellation in Italy in Diano D'Alba. The rules allow red wine, based on Dolcetto. Regional bedrock: carbonate sedimentary rocks. It lies around the town of Alba and 31 km south-west of Asti.

The map shows the official outline with relief, 3D terrain, slope and exposure, climate and soil.

Key facts

Official name

Dolcetto di Diano d'Alba / Diano d'Alba

Type

DOP (DOC/DOCG)

Category

Wine

Protected since

1976-03-29

Area

1,756 ha outline of listed communes

Extent N–S × E–W

5.08 × 8.09 km

Centre

44.6542° N, 8.0255° E

Grapes

Dolcetto

Max yield

56 hl/ha

Min planting density

3,500 vines/ha

Where it is

Nearest town

around the town of Alba

Nearest city

31 km south-west of Asti 74,348 people

To the sea

53 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

184–502 m

Mean elevation

305 m

Mean slope

14.6° (26 %)

Steepest tenth

above 25°

Faces

several directions, mostly west

Measured over the whole outline on 95,251 elevation cells of about 14 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

Bedrock

• Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)67%
• Unconsolidated sediments33%

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

Communes · 1

• Diano D'Alba

Wineries · 3

• Az. Agricola Abrigo Fratelli
• Azienda Agricola Abrigo Fratelli
• Vini Fratelli Savigliano

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Sources

EU register of geographical indications