Barbera del Monferrato Superiore
Styles
Principal grape varieties
Terroir
Natural factors
- Hill system between 150 and 400 m elevation, with a warm-temperate climate averaging approximately 1,800 degree-days and annual rainfall of around 700 mm.
- Predominantly calcareous soils of medium depth, developed over calcareous-arenaceous-marly bedrock, at the heart of the Piedmont Tertiary basin.
Human factors
- Guyot pruning is the dominant training method, chosen for its adaptability to the vine-climate interactions of the area's hillside sites.
Terroir / wine link
- Calcareous soils over calcareous-arenaceous-marly bedrock, with small pockets of palaeosoils (acidic red earths) at Cassine, Quargnento, and Masio, which are absent from the Barbera d'Asti specification.
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-A1397
- Official trade body site — Consorzio Colline del Monferrato Casalese