2025 Lugana, Allegrini

• Style: Light & Crispy White
• Taste: Ripe white fruit, almond, delicate florals, a green flinty edge
• Food: Shellfish & Crustacean; White Fish; Salads & Light Dishes
• Occasion: Weeknight; Sunday Lunch; Summer Drinking; Aperitivo
• Serve: Cool, no oak, 13% ABV

In the Glass — Tasting Notes

Allegrini's 2025 Lugana is 95% Turbiana — the denomination's own grape, which you may also see listed as Verdicchio — with a 5% seasoning of Cortese. The nose shows ripe white fruit threaded with delicate floral notes and a hint of almond; the palate is rich, dry and supple, its weight balanced by high acidity that lands the wine squarely in the green and flinty style.

The Winery — Allegrini

The Allegrini family estate sits in the heart of Valpolicella Classico, where they have grown grapes for centuries — it was Giovanni Allegrini who first bottled the wines, and since 2023 Franco's sons Francesco, Giovanni and Matteo, together with their cousin Silvia, have been custodians of the historic estate. For this white they look south to Lugana: Guyot-trained, south-west-facing vines at Pozzolengo, on the southern edge of the denomination, where the clays turn sandier and gravelly as they run down to the small lake Mantellina and its protected "Oasis" reserve. The 2025 season brought good winter rainfall, a cool unsettled spring and cooler nights through ripening that preserved freshness and aromatic complexity. Hand-harvested and softly pressed, the wine fermented at low temperature in stainless steel and spent four months on its fine lees to build texture without losing snap. At 13% alcohol, it keeps weeknight drinking honest.

At Your Table — Food Pairing & Serving

Shellfish and crustacea, grilled white fish, and salads or lighter vegetable plates are its natural company — dishes that want brightness rather than weight. It earns its keep at aperitivo hour and carries through Sunday lunch and high summer alike. Serve it chilled and uncomplicated. Explore the rest of our Italy collection to see how Turbiana plays across different producers and sites, or discover more from Light & Crispy White Wine. You'll find this bottle shelved with the rest of our Lombardy whites.