A small geopedological and climatic niche, bordering the moraine hills and the hinterland to the south of Lake Garda, partly overlapping with the D.O.C. Lugana and Garda designations, is the area of provenance for the Tocai friulano grapevine.
Over time the vine has managed to survive the external influences in the region, the same influences which have favourite the diffusion of other white and red varieties. The reasons why local wine-growers have protected the Tocai are certainly linked to the qualities of this grapevine rather than the quantities it produces, which are always very limited.
The soil in some places is pure stone on these hills, but the grape has adapted perfectly to reach its full potential. It is the limited harvest and the refined wine-making techniques that make it possible to create wines with a very palatable aroma.
D.O.C. wines are: San Martino della Battaglia Bianco and San Martino della Battaglia liquoroso (liqueur wine).
San Martino della Battaglia Bianco is a citrine yellow colour, with a tendency towards gold with refinement. Its fragrance is mature, pronounced and well-typed; it is refreshing and dry with a light almond aftertaste.
San Martino della Battaglia liquoroso is yellow tending towards gold with refinement, with a pronounced and welltyped aroma and a pleasantly sweet, velvety, well-orchestrated and full-bodied taste, with subtle almond aftertaste and at times hints of wood from refinement in the barrel.
The area has much to offer in terms of nature, art and history. It is possible to uncover traces of past populations and dominations, from the ancient Romans who settled in Peschiera to the time of the Serenissima Republic of Venice, from the Napoleonic France to the Habsburg. These lands were also theatre of many battles during the Risorgimento.
