Orlando Abrigo Vigna Valmaggiore Nebbiolo D’Alba DOC

Description

Nebbiolo d’Alba is a DOC encompassing a large area around the town of Alba, situated in the region of Piedmont in north-west Italy. Granted in 1970, the classification references the red grape Nebbiolo from which they are made, and the area where they are produced.

Regulations require that the production zone only includes the following areas: Alba, Canale, Castellinaldo, Corneliano, Diano d’Alba, Vezza and Grinzane Cavour. The 536 hectares (1370 acres) of vineyards are sited in the hills on both sides of the Tanaro River, although predominantly on the northern side in the Roero hills.

Here the soils are sandier than at the vineyards of neighbors Barbaresco and Barolo. This results in wines that are softer, less intense and more approchable at an earlier age.