Barolo DOCG
The 'king of wines' from the Langhe hills around Alba, DOC since 1966.
Shaded: the delimited Barolo production zone within Piemonte.
- DOCG since
- 1980
- Communes
- 11
- Wines
- 5
- Grapes
- 1
- Crus (MGA)
- 180
The wines 5
Across every typology: max yield 8 t/ha · min alcohol 13% · min natural alcohol 12.5%.
At consumptionrosso granato
Recorded for the denomination as a whole; the disciplinare does not attribute these to a single typology.
Production zone11 communes · Cuneo
Entirely within the zone 3
Partly within the zone 8
Art. 3: intero territorio di Barolo, Castiglione Falletto e Serralunga d'Alba; in parte il territorio di Monforte d'Alba, Novello, La Morra, Verduno, Grinzane Cavour, Diano d'Alba, Cherasco e Roddi, tutti in provincia di Cuneo. Zona originaria delimitata dal DM 31 agosto 1933 (GU 238 del 12.10.1933).
GrapesNebbiolo
- Nebbiolo100%
Art. 2: uve provenienti da vigneti composti esclusivamente dal vitigno Nebbiolo.
Viticulture170–540 m · Controspalliera
Crus & geographic mentions180 registered
The disciplinare lists 180 MGA (169 named crus + 11 communal). A missing separator in the official Art. 8 list is commonly reconciled to the often-cited 181. Individual cru areas are defined cadastrally and are not specified in the disciplinare.