The past and present of a wine and of its region

A unique zone that reaps the benefit of the lake and of the land, a company that has succeeded in interpreting its potential, and a wine that has found its purest expression in this encounter between nature and man: Lugana.
The story of Cà Maiol has always been linked to this special white, due to the far-sightedness and passion for new challenges of Milanese entrepreneur Walter Contato who, in 1967, founded his estate right here on the southern shore of Lake Garda, where the Trebbiano vines have always produced the finest results.
Thanks to his love of this region and its highly-prized wine, over 50 years ago this visionary businessman created, together with other local vinegrowers, what is today the Producers’ Consortium for Lugana D.O.C., an invaluable organization that protects and promotes the excellence of this white treasure from Lake Garda.

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The family as a custodian of tradition

Preserving the viti-vinicultural tradition of the zone and representing innovation in the field of wine production have been Cà Maiol’s goals ever since the beginning: objectives that were renewed in 1996 when the estate passed into the hands of the children of the founder, Walter Contato.
The new generation inherited his passion for the region, his love for Lugana wine, and his desire to keep on developing and improving the company’s outstanding products. As a result, the estate’s 130 hectares of land are today the fertile custodians of pioneering winemaking and of a wine with a marked local identity. Thanks to its unique texture and contemporary style, it has succeeded in winning over palates worldwide.

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A place of experimentation and innovation

Cà Maiol is situated in the heart of the Lugana zone, in the midst of flourishing vineyards and ancient farmsteads. The main building, constructed in 1710, is the nerve center of the estate’s activities, and alongside there is a sizeable showroom. Perfectly integrated with the surrounding countryside, this space welcomes visitors with guided tours, tastings and a shop.
​In the large underground cellar one can find out everything about the company’s production, discovering its secrets and following, step by step, the slow, meticulous processes that lead from the grape to the bottle. Here, day after day, this cycle is renewed, skillfully combining a winemaking tradition that has been acquired over the years with state-of-the-art technology, such as the stainless steel vinification tanks or the lines for bottling and disgorgement.

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The indissoluble link between wine and its terroir

Its pale gold color, its delicate yet assertive taste, its freshness on the palate and its mellow fragrance:
​Lugana, an outstanding white wine that is to be found and enjoyed all over the world, owes its specific, distinctive characteristics to the land from which it originates.
The southern shore of Lake Garda, with its benevolent climate and clay-influenced soil, is the ideal habitat in which to grow the indigenous Trebbiano di Lugana or Turbiana grape, a varietal with an unmistakable taste profile that perfectly establishes and defines the essential elective affinity that Lugana wine has created with its region over the course of time.