Garda & Lugana (Brescia/Mantova shore) includes Riviera del Garda Bresciano, Valtènesi, San Martino della Battaglia, Lugana, Garda Colli Mantovani and Lambrusco Mantovano. Lugana lies on a morainic plain south of Lake Garda, across Lombardy and Veneto. Its lake microclimate and clay soils support whites with freshness, mineral character and weight.
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Producers in Garda & Lugana (Brescia/Mantova shore)
Producer profiles
- Azienda Agricola Nobili NicolaFamily estate in the Valtellina farming five terraced hectares of Chiavennasca between Poggiridenti and Sondrio, with wines aged three years in a 16th-century former Jesuit convent in Ponte in Valtellina.
- Ca' dei FratiThird-generation family estate on the southern shore of Lake Garda, making Lugana DOC whites from Turbiana grown in clay soils cooled by Garda breezes.
- Cantina Franzosi di Franzosi Bruno & figli SASA Valtènesi family estate on the western shore of Lake Garda, producing indigenous red varieties including Marzemino, Groppello, Barbera, Sangiovese, and Rebo alongside white Lugana.
- Pasini Azienda Agricola San GiovanniThird-generation family estate on the Brescia shore of Lake Garda, farming Groppello in Valtènesi for rosé and red, and Turbiana in Lugana for white, organically since 2014.