Aging Requirements Piedmont

Question 1

What are the aging requirements for Barolo prior to 2010?

Answer 1

3 years with 2 in wood

Question 2

What are the aging requirements for Barolo from 2010 forward? Barolo Riserva?

Answer 2

Barolo: 38 months from November 1 of the harvest year with 18 months in wood

Barolo Riserva: 62 months from November 1 of the harvest year with 18 months in wood

Question 3

What are the aging requirements for Roero? Roero Riserva?

Answer 3

Roero: Minimum 20 months from November 1 of the harvest year, minimum 6 months in wood (released from July 1 of second year following the harvest.

Roero Riserva: minimum 32 months from November 1 of the harvest year, including minimum 6 months in wood (released from July 1 of third year following the harvest)

Question 4

What are the aging requirements for Gattinara? Gattinara Riserva?

Answer 4

Gattinara: minimum 35 months, including 24 months in wood, from November 1 of the harvest year

Gattinara Riserva: 47 months, including 36 months in wood from November 1 of the harvest year.

Question 5

What are the aging requirements for Ghemme? Ghemme Riserva?

Answer 5

Ghemme: minimum 34 months, including 18 months in wood and 6 months in bottle from 11/1 of harvest year.

Ghemme Riserva: minimum 46 months, including 24 months in wood and 6 months in bottle from 11/1 of the harvest year

Question 6

What are the aging requirements for Barbera d’Asti DOCG? Superiore? Subzones (Tinella and Colli Astiani)?

Answer 6

Barbera d’Asti: 4 months from 11/1 of harvest year

Barbera d’Asti Superiore: 14 months from 11/1 of harvest year, including at least 6 months in oak

Subzones: 24 months from 10/1 of harvest year, including at least 6 months in wood, 6 months in bottle

Question 7

What are the aging requirements for Barbera del Monferrato Superiore DOCG?

Answer 7

14 months from 11/1 of harvest year, 6 months in oak

Question 8

What are the aging requirements for Nizza DOCG? With indication of Vigna? Nizza Riserva? Riserva with indication of Vigna?

Answer 8

Nizza DOCG: 18 months from 1/1 of the year following harvest with 6 months in oak

Nizza with Vigna: Same as Pizza DOCG

Nizza Riserva: 30 months, including 12 months in oak from 1/1 of the year following harvest.

Nizza Riserva with Vigna: same as Nizza Riserva

Question 9

Alta Langa DOCG (Spumante and Spumante Riserva)

Answer 9

Alta Langa DOCG: 30 months following harvest

Alta Langa Riserva DOC: 36 months

Question 10

Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore (Ovada) DOCG

Answer 10

Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore:
12 months from 11/1 of the harvest year

Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore “Vigna”:
20 months from 11/1 of the harvest year

Dolcetto di Ovada Superiore Riserva: minimum 24 months

Question 11

Dolcetto di Diano d’Alba/Diano d’Alba DOCG

Answer 11

Normale:
January 1 of the year following harvest

Superiore:
September 1st of year following harvest

Question 12

Dogliani DOCG

Answer 12

12 months from 10/15 of the harvest year (not released until 11/1 of the year following harvest

Question 13

Gavi DOCG (Tranquillo, Riserva, Spumante Metodo Classico)

Answer 13

Tranquillo:
may display only “slight traces” of wood flavors

Riserva:
1 year (6 months on the lees) from 10/15 of the year of harvest.

Spumante Metodo Classico:
min 2 years (including 18 months on lees) from 10/15 of the year of harvest

Question 14

Erbaluce di Caluso DOCG (Spumante, Passito, Passito Riserva)

Answer 14

Spumante: Min 15 months on the lees

Passito: 36 months from 11/1 of the harvest year

Passito Riserva: 48 months from November 1 of the harvest year

Question 15

Asti DOCG

Answer 15

Asti “Metodo Classico”: Min 9 months on the lees and the secondary fermentation may not last less than a month

Moscato d’Asti “Vendemmia Tardiva” must be aged for at least one year from the date of harvest

Question 16

Brachetto d’Acqui/Acqui DOCG

Answer 16

Passito:

May not be released before 10/1 of the year following harvest.