Nizza DOCG
A Barbera DOCG from the calcareous hills of the Tertiary Piedmont Basin.
Nizza (also Barbera d'Asti Superiore Nizza before 2014) is a DOCG red Italian wine produced in the northern Italian region of Piedmont. It is made from the Barbera grape, and the zone of production is limited to 18 specific comuni (municipalities) within the province of Asti, including Agliano Terme, Belveglio, Bruno, Calamandrana, Castel Boglione, Castelnuovo Belbo, Castelnuovo Calcea, Castel Rocchero, Cortiglione, Incisa Scapaccino, Moasca, Mombaruzzo, Mombercelli, Nizza Monferrato, Rocchetta Palafea, San Marzano Oliveto, Vaglio Serra, and Vinchio. In this area Barbera is the leading grape variety grown, because the pedoclimatic conditions here are particularly favourable for its ripening. The zone of production is centered on the town of Nizza Monferrato, from which the wine derives its name.
Quick Facts
- Wine years
- Promoted from a Barbera d'Asti Superiore subzone
- Country
- Italy
- Part of
- Piemonte
- Similar
- Barbera d'Asti
- Planted
- 250 ha / 0.965 sq mi
- Wine produced
- 2,420 hl
Facts from the source article.
Background
Nizza was promoted to DOCG status in 2014. Before that date it had been a Superiore subzone of the Barbera d'Asti DOCG. The production area is the focus of the so-called Tertiary Piedmont Basin, a hilly region that originated from the lifting of the seabed during the late Tertiary epoch; the soils are calcareous, of medium depth, and characterized by sandy-clay marls and stratified sandstones. Nizza vines are sun-demanding and normally occupy the best-exposed slopes that face from southeast to west; the valleys are excluded.
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