Barolo And Barbaresco Rules Compared
Minimum ageing in months, the size of each DOCG zone, and how many communes it covers.
Barolo DOCG
Barbaresco DOCG
Minimum ageing, months
Minimum ageing
38
24
Of that, in wood
18
9
Riserva minimum
62
48
0
20
40
60
months
Communes in the zone
Zone area, hectares
Barolo DOCG
Barbaresco DOCG
11
4
2,288
not stated in this guide
Only three of Barolo's 11 communes lie fully inside it: Barolo, Castiglione Falletto, Serralunga.
Barbaresco covers Barbaresco, Treiso and Neive in full, plus part of Alba.