Brachetto d’Acqui/Acqui
Also called Acqui
10 wineries and 14 wines. A red that is sweet, low in alcohol and has a delicate scent of musk: Brachetto d'Acqui — or simply Acqui — comes from 26 communes of the Alto Monferrato, split between the provinces of Asti and Alessandria. Brachetto must make up at least 97 per cent of the grapes, and the wine comes in three forms: still, sparkling and passito. Read more ↓
Wineries making Brachetto d’Acqui
Braida Barbera d’Asti · 16 wines6 Tre Bicchieri, latest 2024 · Bricco dell’Uccellone Barbera d’Asti DOCG
Vite ColteMonferrato · 37 wines18 DWWA awards, latest 2026 · Barbera d’Asti Superiore La Luna e i Falò DOCG
ScarpaBarbera d’Asti · 19 wines11 DWWA awards, latest 2026 · Barolo Tettimorra DOCG
Tenimenti Ca' BiancaAsti · 8 winesAnte Barbera d'Asti Superiore DOCG
BersanoBarolo · 26 wines6 DWWA awards, latest 2026 · Costalunga
Giulio CocchiAsti · 23 winesVermouth di Torino Extra DryMalgraBarbera d’Asti · 16 winesCugnexio Moscato d’Asti DOCGCossetti27 wines2 Tre Bicchieri, latest 2026 · Nizza Crivelletto DOCGBanfi Piemonte14 winesCuvée Aurora Alta Langa DOCGRicossaBrachetto d’Acqui wines
About Brachetto d’Acqui
The ground changes across the zone, heavier with clay around Nizza Monferrato, sandy and silty around Acqui Terme, and the rules say the difference can be smelt in the grapes. The vines are mostly pruned to Guyot, which keeps them from growing too vigorous.
The sparkling version owes its modern form to Arturo Bersano, who in the 1950s worked out how to make Brachetto spumante in pressurised tanks; the second fermentation must still last at least a month, bottle rest included. For the Passito, the grapes are dried on the vine or indoors, and the wine may not be sold before the first of October of the year after the harvest. Brachetto d'Acqui became a DOC in 1969 and a DOCG in 1996.