Valtellina Superiore

5 wineries and 42 wines. In the Valtellina, Nebbiolo grows at the foot of the Alps: on the south-facing Rhaetian side of the valley, on the right bank of the Adda between 300 and 700 metres, on steep terraces held in by stone walls. The valley runs east to west, the Rhaetian Alps shield it from the north and the Orobie from the south, and the nearness of Lake Como softens the cold. The result is bright, windy and dry — around 850 mm of rain and relative humidity rarely above 80 per cent — with big temperature swings sharpened by the rock that warms in the sun. Read more ↓