Barbaresco is an Italian wine made from the Nebbiolo grape. Barbaresco is produced in the Piedmont region in an area of the Langhe immediately to the east of Alba and specifically in the comunes of Barbaresco, Treiso and Neive, plus that area of the frazione San Rocco Seno d'Elvio, which was once part of the comune of Barbaresco and now belongs to the comune of Alba. It was granted Denominazione di origine controllata (DOC) status in 1966 and Denominazione di Origine Controllata e Garantita (DOCG) status in 1980. The wine is often compared with Barolo—another Nebbiolo-based wine from the Piedmont area. Though the wines do share many similarities, there are some distinct differences between them.
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Barbaresco is an appellation in Piedmont, Italy. Its rules allow Nebbiolo. We track 714 of its wines in stock at 126 shops, from 103 wine houses, from € 17.50; mostly red.
| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotdryso far +3.6 °C · 2,220 GDD · 49 % rain |
| 2025 | 1 | € 154.00 | € 154.00 | – | hot +1.2 °C · 1,879 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 2024 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.9 °C · 1,816 GDD · 123 % rain |
| 2023 | 43 | € 21.27 | € 42.00 | – | hot +1.7 °C · 1,997 GDD · 116 % rain |
| 2022 | 99 | € 24.00 | € 51.00 | 92.8 (12 wines) |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Barbaresco'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.
Produttori del Barbaresco 93 · La Spinetta 30 · Albino Rocca 27 · Ca del Baio 26 · Roagna 24 · Gaja 22 · Bruno Giacosa 21 · Roberto Sarotto 18 · Bruno Rocca 17 · Prunotto 16 · Ceretto 14 · Azienda Rizzi 14 · Pio Cesare 13 · Icardi 13 · Vietti 12 · Castello di Verduno 11
| 2021 | 113 | € 20.00 | € 53.39 | 94.9 (22 wines) | average +0.2 °C · 1,684 GDD · 73 % rain |
| 2020 | 115 | € 19.74 | € 62.82 | 94.8 (15 wines) | average +0.4 °C · 1,706 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 2019 | 70 | € 25.00 | € 70.00 | 95.1 (8 wines) | warm +0.8 °C · 1,802 GDD · 94 % rain |
| 2018 | 35 | € 26.50 | € 69.90 | 95.0 (1 wine) | hotdry harvest +1.0 °C · 1,837 GDD · 128 % rain |
| 2017 | 40 | € 31.95 | € 79.00 | 94.9 (7 wines) | hotdry +1.3 °C · 1,913 GDD · 41 % rain |
| 2016 | 37 | € 31.95 | € 129.00 | 95.3 (4 wines) | average +0.2 °C · 1,668 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 2015 | 31 | € 34.90 | € 87.50 | – | warm +0.6 °C · 1,762 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 2014 | 22 | € 53.90 | € 104.03 | 96.5 (2 wines) | cool −0.5 °C · 1,530 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 2013 | 13 | € 45.00 | € 100.00 | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,540 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 2012 | 4 | € 49.50 | € 89.75 | – | warm +0.6 °C · 1,759 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 2011 | 5 | € 49.00 | € 99.50 | – | warmdry +0.6 °C · 1,756 GDD · 70 % rain |
| 2010 | 6 | € 60.00 | € 79.85 | – | cool −0.8 °C · 1,451 GDD · 118 % rain |
| 2009 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 1,747 GDD · 98 % rain |
| 2008 | 3 | € 68.00 | € 79.00 | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,587 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 2007 | 2 | € 340.00 | € 380.00 | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,671 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 2006 | 5 | € 55.00 | € 100.02 | – | warmwet harvest +0.7 °C · 1,773 GDD · 87 % rain |
| 2005 | 3 | € 60.00 | € 75.00 | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,619 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 2004 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.1 °C · 1,608 GDD · 69 % rain |
| 2003 | 1 | € 146.52 | € 146.52 | 95.0 (1 wine) | hot +1.2 °C · 1,897 GDD · 71 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.8 °C · 1,456 GDD · 132 % rain |
| 2001 | 3 | € 65.00 | € 67.50 | – | averagedry +0.1 °C · 1,672 GDD · 66 % rain |
| 2000 | 1 | € 70.00 | € 70.00 | – | averagewet ±0.0 °C · 1,630 GDD · 138 % rain |
| 1999 | 2 | € 76.00 | € 83.00 | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,654 GDD · 126 % rain |
| 1998 | 1 | € 401.41 | € 401.41 | – | averagewet harvest −0.1 °C · 1,602 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 1997 | 2 | € 55.00 | € 169.17 | – | averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,575 GDD · 78 % rain |
| 1996 | 2 | € 570.00 | € 797.50 | – | coldwet −1.5 °C · 1,303 GDD · 134 % rain |
| 1995 | – | – | – | – | coolwet harvest −0.8 °C · 1,465 GDD · 109 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.2 °C · 1,608 GDD · 119 % rain |
| 1993 | 1 | € 150.00 | € 150.00 | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.4 °C · 1,536 GDD · 140 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,498 GDD · 127 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,514 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 1990 | 1 | € 3,290.00 | € 1,645.00 | – | averagedry harvest +0.1 °C · 1,657 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 1989 | 1 | € 1,960.00 | € 1,960.00 | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,550 GDD · 88 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,583 GDD · 91 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | average −0.1 °C · 1,613 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,595 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 1985 | 1 | € 1,120.00 | € 1,120.00 | – | averagedrydry harvest −0.2 °C · 1,588 GDD · 59 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | coldwet −2.2 °C · 1,186 GDD · 131 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 1,533 GDD · 99 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,651 GDD · 93 % rain |