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From Breganze with Precision: The Wines of Maculan
The Wining Hour: In the hills of Breganze, in Italy’s Veneto region, Maculan has built a reputation rooted in precision, restraint, and deep respect for place. The winery’s story began in 1947, when Giovanni Maculan founded the estate with a focus on quality viticulture in a region better known at the time for quantity. Over the decades, the family transformed the estate into one of Veneto’s most respected producers, guided today by a philosophy that favors clarity of fruit, thoughtful blending, and wines that reflect both tradition and modern refinement. All of Maculan’s vineyards are located in the province of Vicenza, in the Breganze DOC zone. Breganze’s rolling landscape, marked by volcanic and limestone influences, provides structure and freshness. The climate is characterized by pronounced diurnal shifts and balances warm summers with cooling breezes descending from the nearby foothills. This variation allows the grapes to ripen fully while retaining acidity. This natural equilib
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Torcolato: The Prized Dessert Wine of Breganze with Maculan
Earlier this year I attended a virtual tasting hosted by Studio Cru featuring the wines of the Maculan winery located in the Veneto wine region of northeastern Italy. Angela Maculan , 4 th generation operating the winery today, walked us through several wines that the winery produces with a fantastic overview of the territory. I want to focus on a special dessert wine, Torcolato , that I had been unfamiliar with prior to the tasting. Torcolato is not only a special wine that Maculan produces , but it is also unique to this particular area of the Ve neto , with in the territory of Breganze . About the Maculan winery The Maculan family ’s wine beginnings started with the great grandfather , Gaetano, whom used to sell wine that he made at his little osteria in the 20’s and 40’s. During World War II his son, Giovanni, started to make wine with his father to provide it for the army station . In 1947 Giovanni decided to start and build the wi
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