Susan Hulme MW, Vincenzo Arnese and Sara Bachiorri tasted 46 wines with 16 Highly recommended and 26 recommended.
Lugana white wines: Panel tasting scores
46 wines tasted
Exceptional 0
Outstanding 0
Highly recommended 16
Recommended 26
Commended 4
Fair 0
Poor 0
Entry criteria: producers and UK agents were invited to submit their Lugana DOC dry white wines, either from the 2022 vintage or, if a Riserva, from the most recent vintage
Lugana is a white wine from the southern shores of Lake Garda. Cradled in a beautiful spot in the hills around the town of Sirmione, between the towns of Peschiera del Garda and Desenzano, Lugana DOC is one of the few Italian wine denominations that crosses two regions: Lombardy and Veneto.
The DOC was set up in 1967 and covers 2,600 hectares. It permits five different designations – annata (the regular wine of the vintage), Superiore, Riserva, late harvest and spumante (sparkling) – although most wines produced are dry whites.
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Lugana white wines panel tasting scores
Wines were tasted blind
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{"wineId":"81270","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"81271","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"81272","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"81273","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"81274","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"81275","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"81276","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"81278","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"81284","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"81279","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"81280","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"81281","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"81282","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"81283","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
{"wineId":"81277","displayCase":"standard","paywall":true}
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The judges
Susan Hulme MW is a wine writer, editor, educator and presenter specialising in Italy. She runs her own wine training and consultancy company Vintuition and travels regularly to Italy’s wine regions. Now focusing more on her writing, she is Italian editor for The Wine Independent.
Vincenzo Arnese is director of wine at Raffles London at the OWO. Born in Naples, he worked at top hotels in Italy, Switzerland and Australia, and later Alain Ducasse at The Dorchester. A DWWA judge, in 2022 he won the coveted title of Taittinger UK Sommelier of the Year
Sara Bachiorri is in the buying team at merchant WoodWinters. A DWWA judge, she was formerly head sommelier at The Glasshouse in Kew then Chez Bruce in London, followed by a stint at Italian specialist merchant FortyFive10°.
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