Name: Montonale: Orestilla Lugana DOC 2021
Brand: piemont express
SKU: MON-O-2021
Price: 36.89 EUR
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Alkohol

13.5 % vol

Rebsorten

Turbiana/Trebbiano of Lugana

Region

Lugana

Montonale Orestilla Lugana is the "big brother" of the Lugana Montunal and owes its rich and complex expression to the special characteristics of the namesake vineyard with an excellent south-facing exposure.

Orestilla shows in the glass a delicate straw-yellow color with golden reflections. The refined bouquet presents fruity aromas of sweet citrus fruits, pineapple, gooseberries, and yellow peach, balanced by mineral notes and aromatic herbs that give it its excellent elegance. On the palate, Orestilla is juicy with a lively, refreshing acidity. The pineapple and herbal aromas repeat on the palate. It is very harmonious, incredibly fine, at the same time exciting and invigorating, with a deep, mineral finish. A captivating Lugana with truly inviting drinkability (a quality also found in all other Montonale wines). A wine you should always have in your cellar.

The Lugana Orestilla comes from the grapes of a small vineyard (2 ha), named because in the 17th century a beautiful marble sarcophagus of the Roman woman Orestilla was found there. Thanks to the unique soil composition of this single vineyard, a rich, very fine Lugana with long aging potential is produced. A Lugana of superlatives, which was named the best white wine in the world by Decanter in 2017.

The grapes are selected and cooled before pressing to preserve the aromatic qualities as much as possible. Then a gentle pressing is carried out excluding oxygen to avoid oxidation of the noble components of the grapes; only the floral must fraction is selected, which is obtained under very gentle pressure. The must is clarified by natural decanting and ferments for about 10 days at 6°C in temperature-controlled stainless steel tanks.

The wine ages for about 8 months on the fine lees with constant stirring of the lees and is then refined for at least 10 months in the bottle.

Abgefüllt durch

Montonale Agricultural Company S.S.
Località Conta, 4/A, 25015 Desenzano del Garda - Brescia (BS), Italy

Allergene

Enthält Sulfite

Winzer

Montonale

At the beginning of the 20th century, Francesco Girelli managed two hectares of land here in the village of Conta. He planted the grape varieties Turbiana di Lugana, Cabernet Sauvignon, and Merlot. It is said that the bouquet of the Lugana must was so intense that it attracted the neighborhood. His son Aldo followed in his father's footsteps and acquired six hectares of vineyards planted with Turbiana, Barbera, and Marzemino.

As a former ambassador of the region, he supplied customers throughout the Alpine area and made the name Lugana known. After him, Luciano benefited from the experiences of his ancestors and acquired another 60 hectares of vineyards, some of which had been planted with the Turbiana grape variety by the noble Bertani family. However, inheritance divisions shattered his dream of being a winemaker. The vineyards were almost completely cleared, and the last, sad harvest took place in 1998.

Everything seemed lost when a great-uncle left Luciano two hectares of vineyard two years later. At that time, the second son Roberto asked Luciano to revive the oenological tradition of the Girelli family.

Since his youth, Roberto Girelli, together with his brothers Claudio and Valentino, has breathed in the scent of the wine cellar. In 2002, at the age of twenty, he was responsible for his first grape harvest. The following year, he presented 800 bottles under the Girelli brand and enrolled at the Faculty of Viticulture and Oenology at the University of Verona. The first Lugana appeared with the 2004 vintage, and in 2005 the family planted another five hectares of vineyard with Turbiana and other red grape varieties. Since 2010, the estate has borne the name of the village where it is based: Montonale. In 2012, the new wine cellar was completed, and Roberto was able to begin exploring the potential of the terroir.