Barbaresco

Styles

Principal grape varieties

Terroir

• The soils of the Barbaresco production zone belong predominantly to the 'Tortonian formation', one of the 14 sedimentary layers of the Piedmont Tertiary basin, characterised by marls and thinly bedded sands.
• The marls of the Tortonian formation are greyish-blue in colour, relatively soft, and give rise to whitish, rather low and rounded hills that are highly favourable to vine cultivation.
• White tufaceous marl characterises the production area, situated on the high hills overlooking the Tanaro river.
• The Langhe, the geological area in which Barbaresco is located, originated in the Tertiary or Cenozoic Era, which began almost 70 million years ago.

• Barbaresco is one of the first appellations recognised in Italy, in 1966, alongside Barolo, even though the origins of Nebbiolo cultivation in the area are considerably older.
• The variety is cultivated according to the traditional methods of the zone, with Guyot pruning and vertical shoot-positioning on a trellis system.

• The wine produced from 100% Nebbiolo displays a garnet-red colour with orange highlights.
• The nose is described as ethereal, pleasant, and intense, while the palate is dry, full, and delicate, velvety, and appropriately tannic.

• The hills of Barbaresco and Neive yield wines marked by structure, tannic fullness, and power, or alternatively by softness, fruit richness, and finesse, while the hills of Treiso tend to produce wines more oriented toward finesse and elegance than toward structure.

Facts drawn from the specification's terroir-link section by automatic interpretation — see the source.

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Sources

• eAmbrosia register (EU) — File number PDO-IT-A1399
• Official trade body site — Consorzio di Tutela Barolo Barbaresco Alba Langhe e Dogliani