At the foot of the Italian Alps and just a few minutes from Turin, the graceful villa of Emanuele and Raimonda Gamna stands as a symbol of aristocratic charm.

Named after the Marquess of Barolo, who built it in 1785, Vigna Barolo mixes 18th-century classicism with neo-gothic romance and French chic with Sicilian colour, thanks to the cosmopolitan culture of those who’ve cherished it down the years. Along with a chapel and even a miniature castle, the grounds boast formal terraces designed in the 1950s by Russell Page, a British landscaper known as the “Mozart of gardens”. Meanwhile, the dazzling vision of Renzo Mongiardino – who created interiors for ...