Piedmont
Piedmont is a wine region in Italy. Italy's defining home for Nebbiolo, with powerful, age-worthy Barolo and Barbaresco at its center.
Where it is
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Places in Piedmont
Gavi
A Piedmont appellation focused on crisp, dry white wine.
Langhe
A hilly zone in southern Piedmont whose long-lived reds come from a patchwork of small named vineyards.
Barbaresco
A defining Nebbiolo region of Piedmont, known for perfumed, structured reds that are often approachable earlier than Barolo.
Alba
The market town at the heart of the Langhe hills in Piedmont, ringed by Barolo and Barbaresco.
Alta Langa
High hills southeast of Alba, the Piedmont appellation for traditional method sparkling wine.
Alto Piemonte
The northern Piedmont vineyards under the Alps around Gattinara and Ghemme, on mixed ground: glacial moraine around Ghemme, ancient volcanic rock around Gattinara.
Asti
A southeastern Piedmont wine zone known for aromatic sparkling and lightly sparkling sweet wines.
Barbera d'Alba
Barbera from the hills around Alba, across the Langhe and Roero.
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Classic styles
- Moscato d'Asti
- Barolo
- Barbaresco
- Gavi
- Gattinara
- Roero
- Dogliani
- Boca
- Barbera d'Asti
- Bramaterra
- Carema
- Langhe Nebbiolo
Grapes
Producers in Piedmont
Cantine Volpi
A family winery in Tortona, Piedmont, founded in 1914, that grows Barbera and Timorasso at its Cascina La Zerba farm in Volpedo.
Cocito
From Neive in Barbaresco, Cocito makes Baluchin, a single-vineyard Nebbiolo whose name means “star” in Piedmontese.
Michele Chiarlo
From Piedmont, Michele Chiarlo makes Barbera in Nizza, Gavi from Cortese, and Barolo from celebrated vineyards including Cerequio.
Negretti S.S.a.
In La Morra, Negretti makes Barolo from individual Nebbiolo vineyards, including Monvigliero and Bricco Ambrogio.
Tenuta Montemagno
A Monferrato estate in Piedmont whose Mysterium Barbera d'Asti Superiore comes from its oldest Barbera vines, about 80 years old.