Variety
RedBrachetto
The red Moscato – Brachetto d'Acqui is sweet, sparkling, strawberry-scented and low in alcohol. Piedmont's dessert wine for chocolate.
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Brachetto is an aromatic red variety of Piemont grown mainly around Acqui Terme. There it carries the DOCG Brachetto d'Acqui and yields a lightly sparkling, sweet red wine that has long been valued in the region. The variety is concentrated in the hill country around Acqui Terme in south-eastern Piemont, where the wine is typically served chilled alongside desserts and fresh fruit.
The vine buds early, ripens early to mid-season and prefers limestone and clay soils on hills. It is low in tannin and gives wines with rose, strawberry and raspberry notes. Alcohol is low, and the wines are drunk young.
Brachetto goes with chocolate, strawberries, fruit tart and as an aperitif.
Taste profile
Six axes — acidity, sweetness, body, tannin, aroma intensity and depth — on a 0–5 scale, based on typical style. Real wines vary by region and producer.
Typical aromas — Brachetto
These 4 aromas typically define Brachetto. Actual taste experience varies by region and style.
Strawberry
Rose
Raspberry
Musk
Brachetto aroma families
These aroma categories are characteristic of Brachetto. Other varieties have different focuses.
Fruit aromas are the most common and come directly from the grape, ranging from citrus through stone fruit to black berries.
Floral aromas are especially marked in aromatic varieties like Riesling and Gewürztraminer.
Key regions
Brachetto is grown in the following regions of our atlas. Click to see wineries.
Wineries with Brachetto
3 curated profiles in our atlas grow Brachetto.
3 wineries
Sottimano
Barbaresco · Neive
Nebbiolo, Barbera, Dolcetto
Braida
Monferrato · Rocchetta Tanaro
Barbera, Grignolino, Brachetto
Cascina Ca' Rossa
Roero · Canale
Nebbiolo, Barbera, Arneis