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4 July 2014

There is the air of Lake Garda in the fine wines of Cantrina - Eco di Bergamo

«Free exercise in style», is how Cristina Inganni and Diego Lavo sum up their way of interpreting the craft of winemaking. They do this in Cantrina, a tiny hamlet in the municipality of Bedizzole, a western offshoot of the morainic hills surrounding the Brescia side of Lake Garda. From here the lake cannot be seen, but the effect on the climate is still felt, so much so that it is included in the territory protected by the regulations of the new Valtènesi DOC. But denomination aside, it is precisely that «free exercise in style» in interpretation that distinguishes the wines of Cantrina, which are born from the six hectares of vines cultivated with painstaking care by Diego Lavo (by the way, they are in the process of «converting» to organic). (...) (...) In the cellar - and this is where Cristina Inganni's taste comes into play even more than the oenological technique - these characteristics are indulged with the aim of obtaining wines that are respectful of their origin, integral, balanced, in a word true. And that they have a virtue that the years of the spasmodic search for concentrations has been guiltily forgotten by many: a drinkability that is not easy but pleasant, suave to use an obsolete term but which renders the idea well. The highest expression of this approach can be found in Valtènesi's most representative wine, Groppello. A red wine that expresses its best characteristics through its fruity aromas and decisive yet graceful and fresh body. It goes up in structure with the Zerdì, a red wine based on Rebo (a vine born from a cross between Merlot and Teroldego) and reaches the top with the Nepomuceno, a powerful and long-lived red wine based on Merlot with late ripening and partial drying of the grapes (currently on the market the 2008 vintage). In our experience, the white Rinè, made from a blend of three grapes: Riesling and Incrocio Manzoni vinified only in steel, plus the addition of Chardonnay fermented and aged in barriques, deserves praise. And what about Dario's Sole, named after the man who had the intuition to bring Cantrina to life? It is a nectar that has nothing to envy from the best representatives of the category. (...)

The designer lady - The Day

posted on 17 April 2005
The Cantrina winery is a dream, shattered by tragedy, reborn in hope. Thanks to the strength and tenacity of Cristina Inganni, from interior decorator to wine expert. That beautiful old mansion overlooking the hills of the Valtènesi, surrounded by greenery, just a stone's throw from the old village and the 18th-century church, had appealed to Dario Dattoli, a Calabrian all-star, a revolutionary entrepreneur in the city's restaurant industry. It was a return to the land for him, there was a great passion for the vine, which has ancient history there. It was love. A love paid with his life, on a sad morning under the tractor, between the rows of vines, personally spreading pesticides despite working at the restaurant until late at night. A love bequeathed to Cristina together with the estate in the hamlet of Cantrina di Bedizzole. They had been together for a few years, married for one. And she? Away from Brescia, away from work, Dario's dream must continue. Dattoli had founded the Cantrina estate in ’90, in ’98 without him Cristina became one of the women of wine in the province of Brescia. And art?

A good glass in Bedizzole - Orobie

posted on 12 April 2005
Cantrina: this is not a misprint, it is spelt just like that with an 'r'; it is the name of a hamlet of Bedizzole which, as chance would have it, was once famous precisely for its wine cellars. A pleasant place on the morainic hills sloping down towards Lake Garda, whose beneficial influences can be enjoyed right up here. The Cantrina winery was founded in 1990 thanks to Dario Dattoli, an enterprising character in the Brescian restaurant industry, owner of several establishments in the city, who literally fell in love with wine and decided to produce it himself with the help of his partner Cristina Inganni, who on the other hand graduated from the Brera Academy of Fine Arts. Supported by the advice of internationally renowned experts, Dattoli planted different varieties of vines, the most suitable for the type of climate and soil, on a total area of around six hectares until 1998. After Dattoli's untimely death in an accident, it was Cristina Inganni who continued along this path, assisted by Diego Lavo, an agricultural expert and wine expert, as well as an experienced mountaineer.

Cantrina di Bedizzole in the front row at the debutante ball at Vinitaly - Giornale di Brescia

posted on 9 April 2005
(...) He made us taste a wine called Eretico on the day of the Pope's funeral, but any less than pious intention must be firmly denied. Eretico adheres to the rules of oenology and is a Pinot Noir passito produced as a trial in that incredible year for heat and drought that was 2003. The experiment is intriguing and the result even more so. To be tried again. Proposing the Eretico wine is the Cantrina winery, which is making its debut at Vinitaly in a new, aggressive, communicative guise. The product, for those who could find Cantrina di Bedizzole, was already there. Cristina Inganni gloats about her new role and the new attention, which took the form of interested business contacts at Vinitaly. (...)
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