Piedmont
Langhe · Alto Piemonte · Monferrato
The Region
Italy's Center of Gravity for Nebbiolo
Piedmont is Italy's most decorated red wine region — a landlocked corner of northwest Italy bordered by the Alps to the north and west, with the Apennines to the south. Its defining grape is Nebbiolo, which here makes wines of extraordinary longevity and complexity under the names Barolo, Barbaresco, Ghemme, Gattinara, and Carema.
The Langhe hills south of Alba produce the two DOCG flagships; the northern reaches of the region, known as Alto Piemonte, hold a quieter galaxy of older appellations — papal-table wines that predate Barolo's fame. Piedmont is also home to Barbera, Dolcetto, Moscato d'Asti, and the sparkling wines of the Alta Langa.
For The Italian Connection's portfolio, Piedmont is the center of gravity: our producers here span Barolo in Serralunga d'Alba, Barbaresco in Treiso, Ghemme in Romagnano Sesia, and Carema on the Valle d'Aosta border.
DOC/DOCG
Altitude
(Barolo, Barbaresco, Ghemme, Gattinara, Asti, Brachetto d'Acqui)
(Langhe, Monferrato, Alto Piemonte)
The Sub-Regions
From the Langhe to Alto Piemonte
The Langhe
South of Alba, the Langhe hills are the heartland of Barolo and Barbaresco. Soils vary between the older blue-grey Helvetian mari calcarei of Serralunga (more structure, longer aging) and the younger Tortonian soils of La Morra and Barolo village (more perfume, earlier development).
Barbaresco DOCG sits northeast of Alba across the Tanaro River, in the communes of Barbaresco, Neive, and Treiso.
Alto Piemonte
The northern arc of Piedmont, from Gattinara to Carema, produces Nebbiolo on glacial moraine soils deposited by the retreating Monte Rosa glacier. Spanna (the local name for Nebbiolo) here makes wines of remarkable freshness and mineral precision at genuine value. This is one of Italy's most undervalued fine wine territories.
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Our complete Alto Piemonte producer guide covers Ghemme, Gattinara, Carema, and the lesser-known DOCs. Explore Alto Piemonte →
Our Portfolio
TIC's Piedmont Producers
Barolo DOCG
Giacomo Brezza
Serralunga d'Alba — Barolo DOCG. A historic Langhe estate working the classic crus of the Barolo zone, on the blue-grey Helvetian marls that give Serralunga its structure and longevity.
View ProducerBarbaresco DOCG
Cascina Alberta
Treiso — Barbaresco DOCG, ICEA Organic. Farming the higher-altitude Treiso commune of Barbaresco, certified organic, producing Nebbiolo of perfume and precision across the Tanaro from Alba.
View ProducerGhemme DOCG
Cantalupo
Romagnano Sesia, Ghemme — Ghemme DOCG, Alto Piemonte. The benchmark producer of Ghemme; the Arlunno family has farmed here since the 1500s. Galloni gave the Collis Breclemae 98 points.
View ProducerCarema DOC
Produttori di Carema
Carema — Carema DOC, Alpine Nebbiolo. A cooperative founded in 1960, tending near-vertical stone terraces to 650m on the Valle d'Aosta border. Picotener Nebbiolo of delicacy and altitude.
View ProducerWhy This Region Matters
No other region in Italy offers a single grape such range. In the Langhe, Nebbiolo becomes Barolo and Barbaresco — the structured, age-worthy wines that defined Italian fine wine for the modern era. An hour north, in Alto Piemonte, the same grape grown on glacial moraine becomes something cooler, leaner, and more mineral, at a fraction of the price.
For a sommelier, Piedmont is the rare region where you can pour a benchmark Barolo and a discovery-window Ghemme from the same varietal, the same afternoon. The conversation writes itself.
Our Piedmont portfolio is built to tell exactly that story — from Serralunga d'Alba to the Carema terraces on the Valle d'Aosta border.
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From Barolo and Barbaresco in the Langhe to Ghemme and Carema in Alto Piemonte, our Piedmont portfolio spans the full range of Nebbiolo. Contact us for pricing, availability, and sample requests.
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