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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”.

Another quality leap that strengthens the image - Brescia Oggi

posted on 9 September 2014
For some time we have felt that something is still missing, especially in the overall management of the vineyard. In order to make a further “quality” leap, probing the organic route seemed to us an inevitable moment of professional growth,' explains owner Cristina Inganni, supported in the vineyard by Diego Lavo. This summer we started the three-year conversion period, so the certified harvest will be that of 2017. (...)

Zerdì 2010, Cantrina - Slowine

posted on 2 September 2014
(...) Cantrina's Zerdì 2010 is a pure Rebo, with an inviting nose of ripe fruit and black pepper. In the mouth it is full, powerful and round, thanks to a truly skilful use of wood. The spiciness and pleasantly bitter finish bonded wonderfully with meat ravioli, sprinkled with a pinch of nutmeg and plenty of Parmigiano Reggiano. (...)

IGT Benaco Bresciano Rosanoire - Cantrina 2013 - Il cucchiaio d'argento

posted on 29 August 2014
Already the label, which is very special, with a criss-cross of geometric designs freely drawn by hand, the name of the wine, Rosanoire, written in block letters in the bottom right-hand corner, and a name, Cristina Inganni, which starts with the final e and rises perpendicularly, makes it clear that this rosé has all the hallmarks of heterogeneity. One only has to inquire about the winery, which is called Cantrina, the name of the small hamlet in the rural village of Bedizzole, western offshoot of the morainic hills that surround the Brescian shore of Lake Garda, to immediately discover that making wine, for Cristina Inganni (the Cristina of the label mentioned above) and Diego Lavo, is nothing more than a “free exercise in style”.
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