26 October 2007
I Vigneti della Cantrina - Informa Cibo
This is how Informa Cibo describes Azienda Agricola Cantrina in an article “I Vigneti della Cantrina”, here are the highlights:
(...) The Azienda Agricola “Cantrina” managed, in the first person by Crìstina Inganni has managed to make this synthesis, dedicating its production towards the finest crus of a historic wine house, wanted by Dario Dattoli, a French wine enthusiast, “transferred” to the gentle hills of Lake Garda.
Upon the untimely death of the young entrepreneur Dario Dattoli (1998), his young wife Cristina Inganni, a set designer by profession in Milan (Brera Academy) decided to continue the project with the collaboration of Diego Lavo, an expert in the field of agriculture and wine, assisted by the Zynè oenological team. (...)
(...) “Talking about Cristina Inganni as an entrepreneur and as a woman is like talking about a character in some love book, where everything is centred on passions, on emotions so strong that they make you gasp. And like the plot of a novel, where the heroine, destined to live a life as a set designer, amidst colours, comedies and, fantastic dreams, is catapulted by love into the world of viticulture. Where now, the scenery is her extensive vineyards and where the colours, given by nature, create an almost romantic vision in that generous land in the Brescia area, where passion and love remain the basis of her way of being. Walking through its vineyards, one cannot help but feel, taste in the air that passion that distinguishes it. And as in a beautiful painting, one does not linger to understand, but just savours it with all the senses at one's disposal,” (this is how Alessandra Ghisleni expressed it in “Wine Internactional”)
The name “Cantrina” is none other than the name of the hamlet in the municipality of Bedizzole (BS), an ancient rural village on the morainic hills of Lake Carda that slope down to the River Chiese here. (...)
(...) Cristina Inganni, now owner of the “Cantrina” company, has focused her production on five varieties of wine. The philosophy of the young winery is to respect the raw material, which is highly selected, in order to always obtain the best in the wine-making cycle, but with reduced yields. Cantrina's labels include “Sole di Dario” (to remember her husband, the founder of Cantrina), a sweet passito wine; then “Rine” ITG. Benaco bresciano white, “Corteccio” IGT Benaco bresciano Pinot Nero “Zerdi” ITG Benaco bresciano red, “Nepomuceno” ITG Benaco bresciano merlot.
The climatic position of the amphitheatre in which the rows of vines are laid out allows for the production of highly prized Chardonnay, Riesling, Sauvignon, Semillon, Merlot, Rebo, Marzenino, Pinot Noir and Petit Verdot. After a period of ageing in oak barrels, these wines are bottled to reach their tasting peak after two years.
The Azienda Agricola “Cantrina” is a member of the Benaco bresciano ITG wine protection consortium.
