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Lugana

Lugana is a DOC (controlled designation of origin) wine made in the province of Verona, and partly in Lombardy. The production rules require no share set Trebbiano di Soave. The rules allow 5 types (white, other and sparkling).

Category
DOC
Provinces
Verona (+ Lombardy)
Maximum yield
12.5 t/ha
Minimum alcohol
11% vol
Recognised
DOC 1967

Grapes: Lugana

The grapes allowed in the base wine and the shares set by the production rules.

  • Trebbiano di Soaveknown locally as Turbiana or Trebbiano di Lugana; base varietyno share set
  • other white-berried varietiesnon-aromatic, approved in Lombardy and in the province of Verona, out of the holding's total vinesup to 10%

Wine types

Type names are given as they appear on the label.

TypeStyleMinimum alcoholMinimum ageing
LuganaWhite11% vol–not before 15 January of the year after the harvest
Lugana SuperioreWhite12% vol1 yearat least 12 months of ageing and maturation from 1 October of the year the grapes were produced
Lugana RiservaWhite12% vol2 yearsat least 24 months of ageing or maturation, of which at least 6 in bottle, from 1 October of the year the grapes were produced
Lugana Vendemmia TardivaOther13% vol1 yearat least 12 months of ageing and maturation from 1 October of the year the grapes were produced
Lugana SpumanteSparkling11.5% vol–

Production area

Map of the Lugana production area in Veneto
Shaded: the one Veneto municipality the production rules name, wholly or in part. Outside Veneto the rules name Sirmione, Desenzano del Garda, Lonato del Garda and Pozzolengo, in Lombardy, also shaded. Explore it on the interactive map

The production zone includes territory in the provinces of Brescia and Verona, bounded to the north by Lake Garda and to the south by a line described in article 3 of the production rules; according to article 9 it includes the whole municipality of Sirmione and parts of Desenzano del Garda, Lonato del Garda, Pozzolengo and Peschiera del Garda (the only municipality in the province of Verona).

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Sources

  1. Ministero dell'agricoltura, della sovranità alimentare e delle foreste (2019). Disciplinare di produzione dei vini a denominazione di origine controllata "Lugana". Testo consolidato, ultima modifica: DM 22 dicembre 2014 (modifica ordinaria pubblicata nella GUUE C 225 del 5 luglio 2019; provvedimento ministeriale del 12 luglio 2019).

Official texts are in Italian. Checked on 2026-11-03.

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