Lugana Brolettino 2024

Description

The Brolettino Lugana is produced by the Cà dei Frati winery, a long-standing Lugana di Sirmione winery since 1782, which has always vinified each vineyard separately to ensure a clear image of its terroir and maintain its wines' integrity and longevity. Cà dei Frati pays close attention to the health of each vine, in fact the vegetative cycle is a priority; from the so-called "weeping of the vine" in March, when small drops of sap resembling tears form, to the rest phase that begins with the fall of the leaves in November. These attentions culminate in the achievement of the final goal: to create a wine that is the portrait of the Garda region. Brolettino di Lugana is an impeccable expression of the territory and the company's values: with great aging potential, even for over 10 years. It is distinguished by its excellent structure and smoothness. Brolettino, certified Lugana DOC, can be produced according to regulations only in Sirmione and in very few other locations in the Garda area. It is one of the most successful products of the great native grape variety, Turbiana, which stands out from the Trebbiano family for its peculiar structural and aromatic characteristics thanks to the climatic conditions in which it is grown in the southern hinterland of Lake Garda; today this grape variety is also called Trebbiano del Soave. Brolettino di Lugana is born in a calcareous and clayey soil and is initially vinified in steel to maintain its freshness and subsequently in barrique, with a 10-month refinement, to soften it and ensure its structure and longevity.

Details

Perfume

The nose shows hints of ripe fruit, peaches, yellow apples, and fleshy roses with fresh, balsamic notes.

Taste

The palate is enveloped by a decisive opening while maintaining all its freshness and elegance. The full-bodied structure is accompanied by taut acidity and characteristic tastiness that cleanse entirely the palate, leaving it flooded with delicate aromas.

Serve at:

10 - 12 °C.

Longevity:

03 - 05 years

Producer

Producer

Ca dei Frati

From this winery

• Start up year: 1939
• Oenologist: Igino Dal Cero
• Hectares: 120

The company Ca' dei Frati has been known since 1782 as evidenced by a document that refers to 'a house with a cellar located in Lugana in the tener of Sirmione called the place of the Friars'.

It was in 1939 when Felice Dal Cero, son of Domenico, already a winemaker in Montecchia Crosara in Verona, moved in that house, Lugana of Sirmione, sensing immediately the wine-growing area.
After 30 years of work in the vineyard and winery in 1969, his son Peter participated in the creation of Doc started to bottle its first Lugana Casa dei Frati label.

Today, with his wife Santa Rosa cultural heritage has been passed on to children Igino, Gian Franco and Anna Maria who run the company with the same passion and determination.

Mutual respect, the union of the family, defined roles and the link to their territory on the shores of Lake Garda, represent the true strength of the Dal Cero family

Ca'dei Frati treasures of the past and looks to the future through a research and development of what was built in 70 years of wines. Read more

Lombardy

Technical Sheet

Name	Ca dei Frati Lugana Brolettino 2024
Type	White still
Denomination	Lugana DOC
Vintage	2024
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	13.0% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Turbiana
Country	Italy
Region	Lombardy
Vendor	Ca dei Frati
Origin	From the vineyards 'I Frati' in Sirmione and 'Ronchedone' in Desenzano del Garda (Brescia)
Soil composition	Clayey-limestone.
Cultivation system	Simple and double Guyot.
Yield per hectare	9,000 kg/hectare
Wine making	Vinification begins in stainless steel and finishes in barrique. Malolactic fermentation is carried out in barrique.
Aging	In barrique for 10 months, followed by 3 months in the bottle.
Total acidity	6.6 gr/L
PH	3.25
Dry extract	22.5 gr/L
Allergens	Contains sulphites