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The plain itself nurtures most
of the hectares of vineyards
responsible for this prized
wine; it is a generous land,
characterized by fertile layers
of morainic and sedimentary
clay soil, mostly calcareous,
rich in mineral salts and rather
difficult to cultivate: compact,
hard and inviolable in dry
weather, boggy when it rains.
These belts of stratified clay,
which become increasingly
sandy as the DOC terrain rises,
actually store the organoleptic
heritage of the Lugana appellation
itself: thickness and
warmth, acidity and tanginess
that form its body, the intense,
clean and distinctive notes of
almond and citrus that grace
its unique aromatic bouquet.
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The Lugana microclimate,
which benefits from the temperate
breezes of Lake Garda,
is mild and seldom subject to
sharp changes in temperature
between night and day.
It truly
is the perfect "climatic cradle"
for nurturing and enhancing
the peculiar characteristics of
grape cultivars like the Trebbiano
of Lugana. |
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