What is La Morra known for?

More Nebbiolo acreage and more wineries (62) than any of the eleven Barolo communes, with crus including Brunate and Cerequio. Tremlett and LeWitt repainted a 1914 vineyard chapel in the Brunate cru in 1999, paid in bottles for life. The terrace in Piazza Castello looks across the fan of Langhe crus toward Barolo, Monforte and the Alps on a clear day.

La Morra is a comune in the province of Cuneo, Piedmont region of Italy, about 67 kilometers from Torino.

Piedmont · Cuneo

La Morra

The hilltop above the Barolo zone at 513 meters, more Nebbiolo acreage than any other commune and 62 wineries inside its perimeter.

513m

Elevation

67 km / 42 mi

Nearest hub (Torino)

2,660

Population

Apr–Oct

Best time to visit

Recognised as

Why come

La Morra sits at 513 meters on the western edge of the Barolo zone, fifty kilometers southeast of Torino. The Belvedere in Piazza Castello looks down over a fan of Langhe crus, with the 18th-century bell tower as the village's silhouette. La Morra plants more Nebbiolo for Barolo than any of the other ten communes and counts 62 wineries inside its boundary. The Cantina Comunale opened in 1973 in the cellars of the Marchesi di Barolo palace and pours from more than 70 local producers under one roof. A kilometer outside the centro, in the Brunate cru, the Cappella del Barolo stands repainted in 1999 by David Tremlett and Sol LeWitt, two artists paid in Barolo. Renato Ratti bought his first parcel below the abbey in 1965 and drew the first cru map of the zone a decade later. The hills are the work.

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Known for

Belvedere di Piazza Castello
Terrace view over the Langhe crus from the highest point of the village, with the 18th-century bell tower above.
Cappella del Barolo (Cappella delle Brunate)
1914 vineyard chapel in the Brunate cru, repainted in 1999 by David Tremlett (interior) and Sol LeWitt (exterior).
Cantina Comunale di La Morra
Municipal wine cellar founded 1973 in the 18th-century palace of the Marchesi di Barolo, pouring 70+ local producers.
Torre Comunale
18th-century bell tower on Piazza Castello, the symbol of La Morra and the marker visible from across the zone.
Abbazia dell'Annunziata
Former abbey below the village in the Marcenasco cru, with a wine museum tracing the history of Barolo production.

Signature product

Barolo DOCGDOCG

One of eleven Barolo-producing communes; La Morra's vineyards face the village across the valley.

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When to visit

Best months · Apr–Oct

Best
Hot or crowded
Quiet
Mostly closed

April through June bring green vines, mild evenings and the long views the Belvedere is built for. September and October are harvest, when the cellars open and the hills turn copper. July and August push past thirty degrees and the centro thins between two and six, though the elevation keeps nights cooler than Alba. November through March is quiet but never closed: cantine pour by appointment, the truffle weeks in Alba pull producers out of the cellar, and bagna cauda season runs through fog and frost. The view from Piazza Castello across the Langhe is at its sharpest after a winter rain, with Monviso clean on the western horizon.