| Style | Complex White |
|---|---|
| Producer | Marangona |
| Categoria | White |
| Country | Italy |
| Region | Lombardy, Lugana |
| Grape Variety | Trebbiano di Lugana |
| Vintage | 2022 |
| Barrel | No Barrel |
| Alc % | 13,5% |
| Organic & Biodynamic | Sustainable Quality, Yes |
| Bottle Quantity | 750 ml |
| Food & Wine Matching | Anchovies, Aperitif, Aubergine Parmigiana, Backed Johndory or Seabream, Beef Carpaccio, Bluefin Tuna Tartar, Burrata cheese Mozzarella, Creamy Cheese, Crudites, cured meat, Fisch Chevice, Fish, Fresh Cheese, Fried Fish, Grilled Fish, Insalata Caprese (Tomatoes and Burrata cheese Mozzarella), Japanese cuisine, Lean fish, Light Blue Cheese, Light smoked Fish, Light Starters, Mushrooms, Pasta, Pasta with seafood, Pizza, Pork, Poultry, Rice, Risotto, Salads, Seafood, Shellfish, Soups, Steamed Seebass, Veal, Vegetable Dishes, Vitello Tonnato (veal with tuna sauce), White Meats, Oysters, Raw Seafood |
Cemento – Lugana DOC – Marangona
Cemento is Marangona’s top Lugana wine, made from grapes from their oldest vineyards.
Initially, this wine was aged in wooden barrels, but Alessandro, the owner, prefers not to use oak. Instead, he chose high-quality conical tanks made of food-grade cement for his experiments. While concrete tanks were popular about 50 years ago, they were mostly replaced by stainless steel. Recently, winemakers have started recognising the benefits of using cement again, especially the unlined tanks that can “breathe.” The winery is pleased with this new method they used to create their flagship wine. The name “Cemento” comes from this unique fermentation process.
Territory:
The grapes come from over 40-year-old vines that grow in calcareous clay soil. The vineyard uses a “double arc” cordon system for cultivation.
Winemaking:
The grapes are de-stemmed and fermented with their skins in natural, non-vitrified concrete tanks. The process includes 8 days of maceration and controlled low-temperature fermentation with selected yeasts. The wine ages 10 months on the lees in concrete tanks and then 8 months in the bottle.
Tasting Notes:
The wine appears bright pale straw in the glass, with aromas and tastes of mint, white peach, apricot, and sage. Its texture is exceptional, balancing the richness from skin contact with the zesty acidity of the old-vine Turbiana.