DOCG
Barolo DOCG
6 towns in our catalogue
Barolo
Province: Cuneo · 301 m
A Langhe borgo at 301 meters whose Castello Falletti gave its name to the wine the Marchesi turned dry in the 1830s with Cavour's help.
Castiglione Falletto
Province: Cuneo · 350 m
A Barolo hilltop of 672 at 350 meters in the Langhe, with an eleventh-century castle whose circular keep is over seven meters in diameter.
La Morra
Province: Cuneo · 513 m
The hilltop above the Barolo zone at 513 meters, more Nebbiolo acreage than any other commune and 62 wineries inside its perimeter.
Monforte d'Alba
Province: Cuneo · 480 m
A Barolo cru village at 480 meters where the Cathars were burned in 1028 and where the summer jazz festival fills the old piazza.
Serralunga d'Alba
Province: Cuneo · 414 m
A 527-inhabitant Barolo cru village at 414 meters on a Langhe ridge, crowned by a 14th-century French-style donjon castle of the Falletti.
Verduno
Province: Cuneo · 381 m
A Langhe hilltop at 381 meters on the northwestern edge of the Barolo DOCG, the home village of the Pelaverga grape.
Catalogue note: only towns explicitly listed as signature producers of Barolo DOCG in our curated index appear here. Many additional comuni inside the broader production zone exist outside our catalogue of 1,000. See how the data is sourced.
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