Ca' dei Frati Brolettino Lugana

Lugana, Italy

Lake Garda's most complex white wine — old-vine Turbiana from the Brolettino parcel, aged in French oak with extended lees contact. Extraordinary complexity: white peach, almond smoke, hazelnut, mineral chalk, dried herbs from the lake shore, and a richness that develops magnificently over 8-10 years. The wine that demonstrated that Turbiana can rival the finest Italian white wines when given the care it deserves.

Pairing intelligence

• main: The most traditional Lugana food pairing — Lake Garda whitefish and its white wine; the wine's almond smoke and mineral character bridges the delicate freshwater fish; capers add a saline bridge; lemon amplifies the wine's citrus freshness
• main: The northern Italian rice tradition and Lake Garda's finest white — Lugana's mineral depth and hazelnut richness bridges the risotto's butter-parmesan richness; the wine appears as the base liquid in a circular reference