Barbera d'Alba DOC covers the town of Alba and the surrounding, undulating hills of The Langhe with overlaps into Barolo and Barbaresco.
Only red wines are made in this DOC, made primarily from Barbera grapes and some Nebbiolo. When young, these wines have fruit forward flavours of blueberry, cherry and raspberry. More developed examples have bold, powerful profiles of vanilla, anise, dried herbs and violet. These wines are at their best between two and four years of age.
The climate is Continental, with influence from the Tanaro river where vines are sited within it's mesoclimate. The soil are chalky/limestone rich clays, which Barbera is better suited to than Nebbiolo and the best sites are located close to Barolo.