Valpolicella and Lugana Tasting

It's fun to attend a tasting of the wines from all over the world. You can see the difference and similarity of wines from different regions.
On the other hand, a tasting event focusing on one specific topic is interesting, too.
You can see wines in more depth, and even diversity in narrower categories.

Valpolicella and Lugana An Exclusive Tasting was about the wines from Valpolicella and Lugana.

Valpolicella is a region in Veneto, Italy. They make red wine from Corvina grape, and are especially known for the wines made with the Passito method (drying grapes before the fermentation).
Lugana is near Valpolicalla. It's in the south of Lake Garda, at the border of Veneto and Lombardy. Infact, a part of Lugana is in Lombardy.
Wine from here is white made from Trebbiano di Lugana.

Here's some of the wines I liked. Some wineries had great whites, others were good at reds.

Cantina Bulgarini Lugana DOC Superiore 2014 Ca Vaibo
Grapes were dried for one month before fermentation.
Stewed and candied apple, and mineral gave freshness.

Ca dei Frati Lugana DOC 2015 Brolettino
Complex fresh green fruit, ripe stone fruit, mineral and earthiness.
Good structure and very good wine.

Cantina Valpantena Verona

Valpolicalla Ripasso DOC Superiore 2014 Torre del Falasco
Ripe fruit and jamminess, yet some freshness of mint. There was some smokiness, too.

Amarone della Valpolicella DOCG 2013 Torre del Falasco
Ripe, concentrated fruit, earthiness, and herbaceousness of green tea powder.

Recioto della Valpolicella DOCG 2014 Tesauro
Candied red fruit, raisin, prune, medicinal herbs and butterscotch.

I always wondered the difference between Amarone and Recioto, or the timing of harvest, more precisely.
At this winery, grapes are harvested at the same time, dried for the same amount of time, fermented in a same way, and fermentation is stopped for Recioto while there is still enough sugar.

Villa Canestrari

Valpolicella DOC Superiore 2014
It was floral, herbaceous like green tea powder, and had fresh red cherry.
This can be good food wine.

Valpolicella Ripasso DOC Superiore 2014 I Lasi
Concentrated cooked red fruit, candied fruit and Kirsch.

Ca Maiol Lugana DOP 2016 Mailo
The wine was somewhat simple but very approachable and friendly.

The Trebbiano grape is considered to be relatively neutral, but Trebbiano di Lugana had a lot of characters. I really enjoyed them.
Some of them are already imported to US, others are not. I hope I can see more of them in the near future.