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Barbera d’Asti Superiore Tinella wine is made under the highest quality controls of the Barbera d'Asti DOCG, specifically from Barbera grapes grown in the delimited Tinella viticultural zone. This zone covers a relatively large and hilly area immediately south-south-west of Asti town, on the western side of the wider Barbera d'Asti catchment area. The official regulations for the Tinella zone state that it covers the communes of Costigliole d'Asti, Calosso, Castagnole Lanze, Coazzolo and Isola d'Asti.
There are two other official viticultural subzones identified within the Barbera d'Asti DOCG: Nizza and Astiani. All three names may only be used officially for superiore wines, which have a slightly higher final alcohol content than standard Barbera d'Asti, and are aged for at least one year prior to release.
Barbera d'Asti is one of the most famous wine areas in Italy's north-western Piedmont region. It was upgraded from DOC status to its DOCG classification in 2008, adding to Piedmont's already impressive standing at this highest level of Italian wine classification. For more information on the region, please see Barbera d'Asti.
