Duilio Cortassa The area is protected under the Cultural Heritage and Landscape Code (The legislative decree No 42 of 22 January 2004), under the responsibility of the Culture Ministry and its regional agencies and is listed since 2014 in the World Heritage List. A few kilometres from Barolo, we arrive at La Morra, the first commune for the production of Nebbiolo grapes to make Barolo wine. On the 15th of May 1841, the office of the Royal Military Command of the Province of Alba granted to Luigi Costamagna, the son of founder Francesco Antonio Costamagna, an official license “to retail the wines produced from his own vineyards in La Morra”. This is the first document testifying winemaking activity of the Costamagna family in La Morra, one of the most lively and charming villages in the Langhe, within the Barolo designated area, and it is an assessment of the quality of the wines produced in those years which was in fact granting Costamagna a certificate of excellence. At that time the family estate extended throughout the town and included the vineyards in Rocche dell'Annunziata as well as the historic cellars built in La Morra during the late 18th century. Nowadays Rocche Costamagna is not just about wine, but includes the Art Suites, restored and open to the public since 2006, located in the town centre, just above the historic cellars
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