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1 July 2009

Exercise in Style - Golf for Passion

(...) Cantrina, the village of Valtenesi, gives its name to the winery where Cristina Inganni and Diego Lavo work in the vineyard and cellar, convinced that wine must express personality, uniqueness and be able to speak of its territory of origin. The soils on which the winery is located yield structured wines with good alcohol content, good minerality and high acidity. Long-lived wines that are born with natural respect for the interaction between soil and vineyard. Cantrina (www.cantrina.it) is dedicated to the production of medium to long ageing wines, mostly breaking away from the production specifications of local DOC wines to obtain greater freedom of action on cellar choices, which also vary according to the vintage. The only exception is the recently introduced Groppello, a fitting tribute to the area's typical grape variety. Nepomuceno is the cellar's flagship wine: IGT Benaco bresciano Rosso is a Merlot-based wine characterised by the presence of small quantities of Marzemino and Robo, which derives its distinctiveness from the over-ripening “in the loft” of part of the selected grapes. Softness and velvety sensations in a wine that nevertheless has great character and structure, characteristics that best represent the expression of Cantrina's “Free Exercise in Style” production philosophy. Cristina explains: “free because I like to be creative, exercise because I call my wines exercises, style because everyone has their own”.

Garda Classico DOC Groppello 2009 Cantrina - Wine to Wine

posted on 29 November 2010
The Cantrina is a small winery, now run by Cristina together with another super-enthusiast, Diego Lavo: just under 6 hectares of land, on two plots, about 20,000 bottles produced, but tenacious work that has involved, with many trials and experiments, even reckless ones, something like 33,000 vine stocks, initially “favouring international varieties and now rediscovering, in part, some local vines”. An estate where trying new ways is standard practice, as the owner likes to remind us when she observes that “the wines convey the character of the territory of origin and of the people who make them; from these elements, thanks also to my past experiences linked to an artistic training, I wanted to give our wines an absolutely creative and consequently unique imprint.

Garda Classico DOC Groppello 2009 Cantrina - Winesurf

posted on 29 November 2010
(...) In an attempt to entice you to discover the “soft tannicity” of Groppello, its frank, at times pleasantly rough but authentic character, I have chosen the wine of a winery that is truly in the hinterland, in Bedizzole, a village located “on the last morainic hills formed in a distant era by the glaciers that shaped the Garda territory”. The company is run by one of the most vivacious and passionate wine women I know, Cristina Inganni, who is committed to continuing the work of her husband Dario Dattoli, a restaurateur and great connoisseur of Bacchus who died prematurely in 1998, and who wanted to create this small business in the early 1990s. (...)

Guaranteed PGI. Garda Classico DOC Groppello 2009 Cantrina - Luciano Pignataro

posted on 29 November 2010
To try to entice you to discover the “soft tannicity” of Groppello, that frank, at times pleasantly rough, but authentic character, I have chosen the wine of a winery truly located in the hinterland, in Bedizzole, a village situated “on the last morainic hills formed in a distant era by the glaciers that shaped the Garda territory”. The company is run by one of the most lively and passionate wine women I know, Cristina Inganni, who is committed to continuing the work of her husband Dario Dattoli, a restaurateur and great connoisseur of Bacchus who died prematurely in 1998, and who wanted to create this small business in the early 1990s. A small company, the Cantrina, now run by Cristina together with another super-enthusiast, Diego Lavo: just under 6 hectares of land, on two plots, about 20,000 bottles produced, but a tenacious work that has involved, with many trials and experiments, even reckless ones, something like 33,000 vine stocks, initially “favouring international varieties and now rediscovering, in part, some local vines”.
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