Barbera d'Asti is an Italian red wine made from the Barbera grape. It is produced in the hilly areas of the provinces of Asti and Alexandria. Barbera d'Asti was accredited with DOC status in 1970, and DOCG status followed in 2008.
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Barbera d'Asti is an appellation in Piedmont, Italy. Its rules allow Barbera. We track 158 of its wines in stock at 60 shops, from 51 wine houses, from € 8.50; mostly red.
- Country
- Italy
- Region
- Piedmont
- Grapes allowed
- Barbera
- In our wines
- Barbera, Freisa, Merlot, Cabernet Sauvignon, Pecorino
- Styles
- Red 157 · Rosé 1
- Prices
- from € 8.50 · median € 20.89 / 75 cl
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +3.3 °C · 2,373 GDD · 56 % rain |
| 2025 | 6 | € 9.00 | € 12.95 | – | warm +0.7 °C · 2,019 GDD · 121 % rain |
| 2024 | 23 | € 9.90 | € 15.50 | – | warmwet +0.6 °C · 1,985 GDD · 131 % rain |
| 2023 | 22 | € 8.50 | € 16.50 | – | hot +1.5 °C · 2,188 GDD · 129 % rain |
| 2022 | 27 | € 9.60 | € 17.50 | 90.5 (2 wines) | hot +2.7 °C · 2,441 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2021 | 19 | € 15.00 | € 25.00 | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,924 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 2020 | 9 | € 11.10 | € 49.80 | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,924 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2019 | 6 | € 27.00 | € 46.40 | – | hot +1.0 °C · 2,073 GDD · 95 % rain |
| 2018 | 3 | € 13.50 | € 18.50 | – | hot +1.3 °C · 2,147 GDD · 117 % rain |
| 2017 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.4 °C · 2,156 GDD · 46 % rain |
| 2016 | 3 | € 22.08 | € 28.43 | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,903 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2015 | 1 | € 27.16 | € 27.16 | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,922 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 2014 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,749 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2013 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,765 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 2012 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 1,983 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 2011 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,947 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 2010 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.0 °C · 1,660 GDD · 129 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | average +0.4 °C · 1,945 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 2008 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,742 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,900 GDD · 103 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.9 °C · 2,052 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,903 GDD · 89 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.1 °C · 1,844 GDD · 69 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | hotdry +1.0 °C · 2,078 GDD · 66 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.9 °C · 1,667 GDD · 141 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.3 °C · 1,806 GDD · 69 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest ±0.0 °C · 1,855 GDD · 147 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,903 GDD · 117 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,911 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,800 GDD · 67 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.5 °C · 1,554 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,726 GDD · 101 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,814 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.4 °C · 1,776 GDD · 124 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,750 GDD · 125 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,784 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.3 °C · 1,939 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,778 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.4 °C · 1,779 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest +0.2 °C · 1,915 GDD · 90 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,802 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.1 °C · 1,848 GDD · 62 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.9 °C · 1,461 GDD · 120 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.6 °C · 1,746 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | average +0.3 °C · 1,918 GDD · 84 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Barbera d'Asti's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the appellation. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
Braida 11 · La Spinetta 6 · Tenuta Olim Bauda 6 · Braida di Giacomo Bologna 6 · Michele Chiarlo 5 · Coppo 5 · Cascina Castlèt 4 · Vite Colte 4 · Elio Perrone 3 · Bricco dei Guazzi 3 · Pescaja 3 · Pico Maccario 3 · Cascina Gilli 2 · Barbera Sei Castelli 2 · Damilano 2 · Frasca la Guaragna 2