What is Dogliani known for?

Historic capital of Dolcetto di Dogliani, raised to DOCG in 2005, the everyday red of the Langhe. Born in Dogliani in 1874, second President of the Italian Republic, founder of the Poderi Luigi Einaudi cellars above town. Eighteen nineteenth-century buildings by the eclectic local architect Giovanni Battista Schellino define the town's silhouette.

Dogliani is a comune in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont region of Italy, about 76 kilometers from Torino.

Piedmont · Cuneo

Dogliani

A two-tier Langhe town, the Borgo by the Rea stream and the Castello on the hill, capital of Dolcetto di Dogliani DOCG.

76 km / 47 mi

Nearest hub (Torino)

4,603

Population

Apr–Oct

Best time to visit

Recognised as

Città del Vino

Why come

Dogliani sitson the western edge of the Langhe, sixty kilometers southeast of Torino. The town is built in two parts: the Borgo on the valley floor along the Rea stream and the Castello on a hill at around 300 meters that still keeps its medieval shape. The land around it is Dolcetto. Dogliani is the historic capital of Dolcetto di Dogliani, raised to DOCG in 2005, the everyday red of the Langhe and the daily wine of Luigi Einaudi. Einaudi was born here in 1874, became the second President of the Italian Republic, and founded Poderi Luigi Einaudi in the hills above town. The cellars he started still produce the Dogliani DOCG. The architectural signature of the town is Giovanni Battista Schellino, the local eclectic architect who designed eighteen buildings here in the nineteenth century, including the cemetery chapel and several neo-Gothic civic structures. The combination of Schellino, Einaudi and Dolcetto gives Dogliani an unusual cultural density for a commune of 4,600.

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Known for

Castello di Dogliani
Medieval upper town at 300 meters that gives Dogliani its two-tier silhouette, with stone houses and a surviving castle keep.
Schellino buildings
Eighteen nineteenth-century structures by Giovanni Battista Schellino, including the cemetery chapel and several neo-Gothic civic buildings.
Poderi Luigi Einaudi
Cellars founded in 1897 by the second President of the Italian Republic, still producing Dogliani DOCG in the hills above town.
Chiesa dei Santi Quirico e Paolo
Main parish church of the Borgo, an architectural anchor of the lower town next to the Rea stream.

When to visit

Best months · Apr–Oct

Best
Hot or crowded
Quiet
Mostly closed

April through June is leaf and flower in the Dolcetto vineyards, mild on the Rea valley floor and slightly cooler in the Castello on the hill. September is harvest month for Dolcetto, the earliest of the three classic Langhe reds; October brings Nebbiolo and the Fiera del Vino. July and August reach the low thirties on the valley floor. November through March is quiet. The cellars work behind closed doors. The Castello hill catches what light the winter sky gives. Fog sits on the lower Langhe through January and clears late morning if at all.