Madonna della Scoperta – Lugana Superiore 2019

Madonna della Scoperta – Lugana Superiore DOP

The Perla del Garda Madonna della Scoperta is a Lugana Superiore DOP 2019. For the Superiore quality level, the organic grapes are harvested late. Wine of the Superiore quality level has a minimum alcohol content of 12% vol. and has been aged for at least one year. This includes aging partly in stainless steel tanks and partly in wooden barrels. Thus, it is not designed for freshness, but for elegance, structure, and longevity.

Its straw-yellow color with a tendency towards gold radiates from the glass. On the nose, notes of yellow fruits, such as apple and peach, are convincing, and gooseberries, hazelnuts, and acacia blossoms emerge, but balsamic notes are also discernible. On the palate, the Lugana Superiore displays the full splendor of the Turbiana grape and the special minerality of its chalky soils. The Madonna della Scoperta is powerful and round, possessing finesse and richness, so that it wonderfully accompanies even spicy dishes, and even meat dishes.

Winemaking – Giovanna Prandini

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. At an altitude of 150-250 m above sea level, in the San Carlo area, this Lugana Superiore DOP from Azienda Perla del Garda is produced. In the Guyot training system, 5,000 vines per hectare stand close together, because the Turbiana grape variety has enormous growth and quickly produces quantity instead of quality if not properly managed. Winemaker Giovanna Prandini keeps them in check; densely planted, they must compete for water and nutrients, and consistent yield reduction on the vine is also employed. Harvesting takes place a little later than for classic Lugana, around mid-September.

Harvested by hand in small crates, they are manually selected once again at the winery, which is located in the middle of the vineyards, before being placed in a cold room to protect them from oxidative stress and preserve the fruit. After gentle whole cluster pressing, fermentation, which lasts 8-10 days, takes place in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks at approximately 15 degrees. The Lugana Superiore DOP is aged for 12 months on the lees in stainless steel tanks and partly in wooden barrels, and for at least 6 months in the bottle before it goes on sale. The result is an outstanding Lugana. Awarded 3 glasses in Gambero Rosso.

Lugana Superiore DOP – White Wine from Lake Garda

Since 1967, Lugana wine has carried the DOP or DOC (Denominazione di origine controllata) designation as a controlled designation of origin. On around 700 hectares of vineyards, which comprise the DOC area on the southern shore of Lake Garda, the grapes also known as Verdicchio Bianco grow: Turbiana and Trebbiano di Lugana. From them comes the straw-yellow to greenish white wine, which owes its freshness to the microclimate characterized by the large lake, with mild temperatures and fresh winds.

Madonna della Scoperta – a wine and its values

• 13% vol. Alcohol
• 5.1g/l Acidity
• 0.8g/l Residual Sugar