Nebbiolo is a local vine among the most famous and appreciated in Italy. If drunk young it has a complex and angular character, in fact it is often used in aged wines, as it is better suited to long maturation and refinement.

It is a very old vine, as to be known in Piedmont as early as the thirteenth century. Although in recent years it has spread even outside Piedmont, in the lower Valle d'Aosta and in Valtellina (Lombardy), where it is at the base of the Valtellina Superiore DOCG and the Sforzato di Valtellina DOCG, it is mainly cultivated in Piedmont, where it gives the best of itself in the Langhe and Roero: vinified in purity is at the base of the great Barbaresco DOCG, Barolo DOCG, Nebbiolo d'Alba DOC, while with the addition of other vines is the basis of equally famous products such as Gattinara DOCG and Roero DOCG.

Nebbiolo is a vine suitable for the production of both young and old wines, with a certain structure and complexity. Generally it is vinified in purity.

• Valle d'Aosta DOC