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Stemma di Verduno

Piedmont · Cuneo

Verduno

A Langhe hilltop, the home village of the Pelaverga grape.

Known for

  • PELAVERGA

    Verduno Pelaverga DOC since 1995, made from the native Pelaverga Piccolo grown commercially in only three Langhe communes.

  • CASTELLO

    Sixteenth-century Castello acquired by King Carlo Alberto in 1838, where Staglieno produced an early dry Nebbiolo prototype of modern Barolo.

  • BAROLO COMMUNE

    One of the eleven communes of the Barolo DOCG, on its northwestern edge with vineyards leaning partly toward the Tanaro plain.

When to visit

Best · Apr–Oct

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  • Mostly closed

The festa: natività della Beata Vergine Maria, 8 September

Why come

Verduno sits fifty kilometers south of Torino on a Langhe ridge above the Tanaro, its vineyards the only ones among the eleven Barolo communes to lean partly toward the river plain rather than folding back into the hills. That position, facing the water and the Alps beyond it, sets the village apart from the rest of the DOCG even before the wine is considered. The other thing that sets it apart is Pelaverga Piccolo, a native black grape cultivated commercially in only three Langhe communes: Verduno, La Morra and Roddi.

It yields a light ruby red with strawberry, rose and a distinct white-pepper finish, and the first single-variety Pelaverga vineyard on these slopes was planted in 1972. Between the castle on the ridge and the vine on the plain-facing slope, Verduno holds two things most of its neighbors do not: a wine that is Barolo's own, structurally, and a wine that belongs to almost nowhere else.

The Sunday letter

We haven’t written Verduno’s letter yet.

One town every Sunday, with the photo, the food, the festa. Be there when this one comes up. Free, by Peter & Sophia from Pietrasanta.

Verduno — photo 1
Verduno — photo 2

What to see

  • Castello di Verduno

    The castle stands on the Langhe ridge and passed to the Burlotto family in 1909, who still work it as a winery producing Barolo and Pelaverga.

  • Centro storico

    Small hilltop village arranged around the castle and the parish church, with views across the Tanaro and the northern Barolo vineyards.

  • Vigneti di Pelaverga

    Indigenous Pelaverga Piccolo plantings on the Verduno slopes, including the first single-variety Pelaverga vineyard planted in 1972.

  • Belvedere di Verduno

    Panoramic viewpoint from the upper village across the Tanaro to the Alps, one of the highest-quality views in the northern Barolo zone.

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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.

  • La Sbornia a VerdunoRistorante

    Two Gambero Rosso forks (80/100) for La Sbornia a Verduno, and a spot in the Michelin Guide.

  • Real CastelloRistorante

    Real Castello has two Gambero Rosso forks (82/100) to its name.

Signature product

Barolo DOCGDOCG

Barolo commune at the northern edge of the production zone.

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

Living here

  • Population 567
  • Commuter belti
  • Pharmacy: none mapped
  • High school within a 30-minute drive
  • Train station in the comune
  • Nearest airport Turin, 1 h 19 min drive
  • Regional capital Torino, 1 h 0 min drive
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The numbers

  • Elevation: 381 m
  • Population: 567
  • Surface area: 7.16 km²

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.

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