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Piedmont

43 000 ha under vine

Soils
Calcareous marls of an ancient seabed — the Tortonian and Serravallian hills
Climate
Continental in the shelter of the Alps; the autumn fog — nebbia — names the grape

On the map

Piedmont — 43 000 haLanguedoc — 220 000 haBordeaux — 110 000 haSicily — 98 000 haVeneto — 96 000 haPuglia — 87 000 haSouthern Rhône — 66 000 haRioja — 66 000 haTuscany — 60 000 haLoire Valley — 57 000 haEmilia-Romagna — 50 000 haKakheti — 48 000 haSouth-West France — 45 000 haDouro — 43 000 haChampagne — 34 000 haAbruzzo — 33 000 haUtiel-Requena — 32 000 haBurgundy — 29 500 haProvence — 27 000 haSardinia — 27 000 haFriuli — 25 000 haRibera del Duero — 25 000 haPenedès — 25 000 haPfalz — 23 000 haCampania — 23 000 haAlentejo — 22 000 haMinho — 21 000 haRueda — 20 000 haDão — 20 000 haMarche — 16 000 haAlsace — 15 600 haBeaujolais — 13 500 haBurgenland — 13 000 haUmbria — 12 000 haCalabria — 9 000 haMosel — 8 800 haDalmatia — 8 000 haJerez — 7 000 haCyprus — 7 000 haAttica — 6 500 haFranken — 6 100 haCorsica — 6 000 haTokaj — 5 800 haAlto Adige — 5 600 haValais — 4 800 haNorthern Rhône — 4 400 haRías Baixas — 4 300 haNahe — 4 200 haSussex & Kent — 4 000 haRheingau — 3 200 haBierzo — 3 000 haNemea — 3 000 haSavoie — 2 200 haJura — 2 000 haPriorat — 2 000 haWachau — 1 350 haValdeorras — 1 300 haSantorini — 1 100 haNaoussa — 700 haMadeira — 450 haColares — 20 haPiedmontLanguedocBordeauxSicilyVenetoPugliaSouthern RhôneRiojaTuscanyLoire ValleyEmilia-RomagnaKakhetiSouth-West FranceDouroChampagneAbruzzoUtiel-RequenaBurgundyProvenceSardiniaFriuliRibera del DueroPenedèsPfalzCampaniaAlentejoMinhoRuedaDãoMarcheAlsaceBeaujolaisBurgenlandUmbriaCalabriaMoselDalmatiaJerezCyprusAtticaFrankenCorsicaTokajAlto AdigeValaisNorthern RhôneRías BaixasNaheSussex & KentRheingauBierzoNemeaSavoieJuraPrioratWachauValdeorrasSantoriniNaoussaMadeiraColares
Blob size ≈ vineyard area · approximate locations · coastlines from Natural Earth

At the foot of the Alps, a country of hills that the autumn fog — the nebbia that named Nebbiolo — fills like a slow tide. The vineyard landscapes of Langhe, Roero and Monferrato were inscribed by UNESCO in 2014; Alba's white truffles and Turin's vermouth, first sold in Carpano's shop in 1786, belong to the same table.

Nebbiolo covers barely an eighth of the vineyard yet defines it: on the calcareous marls of Barolo and Barbaresco it gives Italy's most exacting wine, mapped cru by cru like a Piedmontese Côte d'Or. Around it, Barbera and Dolcetto feed the region's tables, and Moscato d'Asti keeps its gentler, older promise.

The vineyard

Indicative share of plantings

The wines

Barolo Red wine Barbera d'Asti Red wine Moscato d'Asti Sparkling Gavi Dry white Dolcetto d'Alba Red wine

Through time

Indicative presence index, 0–100Origins & Antiquity — 5The Monastic Middle Ages — 30Exploration & the Fortified Age — 25Classifications & the Golden Age — 50Phylloxera & the World Crises — 40The Modern & New World Era — 65Antiquity5500150017001875195065
Origins & Antiquity Antiquity The Monastic Middle Ages 500 Exploration & the Fortified Age 1500 Classifications & the Golden Age 1700 Phylloxera & the World Crises 1875 The Modern & New World Era 1950