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.

When is the best time to visit La Morra?

Apr–Oct. 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.

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

How do I get to La Morra?

From Torino, La Morra is roughly 67 km by road.

La Morra, Cuneo

Known for

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

When to visit

Best · Apr–Oct

J
F
M
A
M
J
J
A
S
O
N
D

Best
Hot or crowded
Quiet
Mostly closed

The festa: Martino di Tours, 11 November

Why come

La Morra sits at 513 meters on the western edge of the Barolo zone, fifty kilometers southeast of Torino, the highest of the eleven communes and the one with the widest view over the rest of them. The village itself gathers around the square and the tower; the working part of it, the crus, spreads downhill and outward, Brunate and Cerequio among them, with the Cantina Comunale pouring producers from across that spread under one roof in the old Marchesi di Barolo cellars. A kilometer outside the centro, below the village, the former abbey sits in the Marcenasco cru with its wine museum, and Renato Ratti bought his first parcel near it in 1965, drawing the first cru map of the zone a decade later. The village is compact and fixed in place; the vineyards around it are what the whole zone is measured against.

What to see

Belvedere di Piazza Castello
The highest point of the village, with the 18th-century bell tower rising above the terrace.
Cappella del Barolo (Cappella delle Brunate)
A small vineyard chapel among the vine rows of the cru, its two faces given over entirely to the artists' repainting, interior and exterior alike.
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
The symbol of La Morra, standing over the square and visible as a marker 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.

We recommend

Where to eat

Not our picks, but places the guides put their name to: a Michelin star, a Gambero Rosso fork, a Slow Food snail, a Michelin Key for the hotels. Worth a table, a counter, or a night when you pass through.

Osteria ArborinaRistorante
Two Gambero Rosso forks (83/100) for Osteria Arborina, along with a place in L'Espresso's Top 300 and a spot in the Michelin Guide.
ColtivareRistorante
Coltivare has two Gambero Rosso forks (82/100) and a spot in the Michelin Guide.
Osteria VeglioRistorante
Osteria Veglio carries a Michelin Bib Gourmand, plus a Gambero Rosso listing.
Eremo della GasprinaTrattoria
One Gambero Rosso prawn, at Eremo della Gasprina.
Il GrecAleRistorante
Il GrecAle holds one Gambero Rosso fork (79/100).
L' Osteria del VignaioloRistorante
One Gambero Rosso fork (78/100), at L' Osteria del Vignaiolo.
La Corte al Palàs Cerequio Michele ChiarloRistorante
A Gambero Rosso listing, at La Corte al Palàs Cerequio Michele Chiarlo.
Locanda FontanazzaRistorante
Locanda Fontanazza has a Slow Food snail to its name.

Signature product

Barolo DOCGDOCG

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

See the towns we cover in the zone of Barolo DOCG.

Living here

Population 2,660
Commuter belti
Pharmacy in town
High school within a 30-minute drive
Nearest airport Turin, 1 h 18 min drive
Regional capital Torino, 59 min drive

Tags & datadesignations · numbers · sources

Recognised as

The numbers

Elevation: 513 m
Population: 2,660
Surface area: 24.17 km²

On the map

Google Maps Apple Maps Directions from Torino

These figures were compiled from public directories — ISTAT, OpenStreetMap, Wikidata — and from the official listings of the guides named on this page. Town details change; verify with official sources before you travel.

Featured on

La Morra appears on this themed pick from our Collections: