Organic Lugana DOP – 2025

Perla del Garda – Bio Lugana DOP – 2025

The Perla del Garda Bio Lugana DOP 2025 is a juicy, mineral organic white wine from Lake Garda, characterized by fragrant fruitiness and elegance. Made from 100% organic Turbiana grapes. On the nose, it reveals ripe pears and pink grapefruit, complemented by notes of almonds and almond blossoms, finishing with a cool, fresh minerality.

This is what winemaker Giovanna Prandini says about her organic Lugana: "a single-varietal Turbiana wine from our certified organic vineyards. A leaner expression of this grape variety, where minerality and acidity stand out alongside ethereal, herbal aromas such as mint, liquorice, and freshly cut grass. A wine that can accompany an entire meal."

Perla del Garda – Winemaking

In Lonato del Garda, on the southern shore of Lake Garda, twenty-year-old vines grow in hilly vineyards (only 4 hectares) on calcareous soils of morainic origin. This organic Lugana wine from the Azienda Perla del Garda is produced at an altitude of 150-250 meters above sea level. Using the Guyot training system, 5,000 vines per hectare are planted close together, as the Turbiana variety is extremely vigorous and quickly produces quantity rather than quality if not kept in check. Winemaker Giovanna Prandini keeps them reined in; planted densely, they must compete for water and nutrients, supplemented by consistent yield reduction on the vine. Harvesting takes place early, from August to the beginning of September.

Harvested by hand in small crates, the grapes are manually selected again at the winery, which is located in the middle of the vineyards, before being placed in a cold storage room to protect them from oxidative stress and preserve the fruit. After gentle whole-bunch pressing, the 8-10 day fermentation takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks at approximately 15 degrees. The maturation of the Lugana DOP also takes place in stainless steel tanks.

Lugana DOP – White wine from Lake Garda

Since 1967, Lugana wine has held the DOP or DOC (Denominazione di origine controllata) classification as a controlled designation of origin. On the roughly 700 hectares of vineyard area covered by the DOC region on the southern shore of Lake Garda, grow the grapes also known as Verdicchio Bianco: Turbiana and Trebbiano di Lugana. They produce a straw-yellow to greenish white wine, which owes its freshness to the microclimate shaped by the large lake, with its mild temperatures and fresh breezes.

Organic Lugana – a wine and its values

• Origin wine from Italy
• Growing region Lombardy
• Grape variety Turbiana grapes
• Perla del Garda
• 12.0% vol. alcohol
• 5.1g/l acidity
• 0.8g/l residual sugar

Organic inspection body IT BIO 012 – Italian Agriculture