Vigneti Massa Costa del Vento Derthona 2023

When we think about the wines of Piedmont (the region in the northwest of the Italy), the famous reds made from the Barbera or Freisa varieties always come to mind, but the region’s whites also have a lot to say for themselves. For one, Leonardo da Vinci was a great advocate and ambassador of them. In particular, this Renaissance polymath was a great lover of Timorasso, a white variety that is typical of the Tortonesi hills. Such was his admiration that Da Vinci gave a bottle of this wine to Isabella of Aragon and Gian Galeazzo Sforza on their wedding day. However, paradoxically, this variety was never very well recognised in the area, and was even in danger of disappearing due to phylloxera and two world wars where the farmers, forced by circumstance, went looking for varieties that gave much faster yields. This was true until the 1970s when Walter Massa came onto the scene. This independent winemaker is a true guru and leader who, based at Vigneti Massa (his family winery), has bee