Albugnano

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The soils rest on Miocene marls (Langhian–Burdigalian), are light in colour and medium in texture, with slopes that are often steep.
• The vineyards occupy the best-exposed hillside slopes, and the abundant surrounding woodland, combined with the altitude, contributes to cooling the climate. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)
• Nebbiolo ripens at Albugnano a few days earlier than in the Langhe, the area of Barolo.

• Pier De Crescenzi attested as early as the fourteenth century to the presence of Nebbiolo in the Asti district, and the variety appeared in the same period in the land registers of Chieri, near Albugnano.
• After post-phylloxera replanting, Nebbiolo retreated from most of the Asti district, maintaining a presence only in this small enclave around Albugnano.

• The diurnal temperature variation during the ripening period favours sugar accumulation, the gradual degradation of acidity, and significant aromatic development in Nebbiolo. (via Wikipedia · CC BY-SA 4.0)

• The light-coloured Miocene marls (Langhian–Burdigalian) on which the vineyards sit, combined with an altitude of over 400 metres, create conditions that allow Nebbiolo to ripen a few days earlier than in the Langhe.

Facts drawn from the cahier's terroir-link section (Lien au terroir) by automatic interpretation — see the source.

Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A1066
• Official trade body site — Consorzio Barbera d'Asti e Vini del Monferrato