ClassificationDOCG Franciacorta / DOC Curtefranca
VarietalsChardonnay, Pinot Nero, Pinot Bianco, Erbamat
Hectares42 ha
OwnerBarboglio family (Emanuela, Lucia and Giulio Barboglio)
OrganicICEA
NeighbourhoodPassirano

Tip: The EBB single-vintage Erbamat bottling is one of the few examples of the heritage variety at high percentage; book a back-vintage flight to taste it against the QdE.

Location

Address: Via Giuseppe Cesare Abba, 38, 25040 Camignone, Passirano, Brescia, Italy, Franciacorta

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Ca' del Bosco ★ 4.7

ICEAErbusco

Ca' del Bosco at Erbusco completed organic certification across its 253-hectare estate in 2014, one of the larger certified-organic Franciacorta operations by area.

Tip: Ask for the Annamaria Clementi flight at the Hall of the Wines library tasting; reserve in advance for the long-lees slot.

Barone Pizzini ★ 4.8

ICEAProvaglio d'Iseo

Barone Pizzini at Provaglio d'Iseo received ICEA organic certification in 1997. The 54-hectare estate is divided into 29 parcels across the Provaglio d'Iseo and Passirano hills under general manager Silvano Brescianini.

Tip: Animante is the entry-tier organic Brut; the Edizione is the consortium-pioneering Erbamat-inclusive Franciacorta and pairs well with the Animante for an Erbamat freshness contrast.

Ferghettina ★ 4.6

ORGANIC CERTIFIEDAdro

Ferghettina farms 200 organic-certified hectares spread across 11 of the appellation's 19 municipalities. Roberto Gatti founded the cellar in 1991 and runs it with daughter Laura and son Matteo.

Tip: The Milledì Satèn is one of the appellation's most-poured Satèns by-the-glass; ask for it in the Adro flight.

Ricci Curbastro ★ 4.4

ORGANIC CERTIFIEDCapriolo

Ricci Curbastro at Villa Evelina in Capriolo farms 32 organic-certified hectares. The cellar was founded in 1885 and modernised by Gualberto Ricci Curbastro in 1967; today's operation runs under his grandson Riccardo with sons Gualberto and Filippo. The Ricci Curbastro Agricultural Museum on the property houses the family's 19th and early 20th-century farming-tool collection.

Tip: The Agricultural Museum tour pairs well with a flight of Curtefranca Rosso; ask for both in one visit.

San Cristoforo ★ 4.4

ORGANIC CERTIFIEDErbusco

San Cristoforo at Villa Pedergnano in the Erbusco commune farms 10 organic-certified hectares of Chardonnay and Pinot Nero. The cellar was founded in 1992 by Bruno and Claudia and is now led by Celeste day-to-day.

Tip: Ask for the Pas Dosé alongside the Brut to read San Cristoforo's low-dosage signature; the two bottles share the same base wine.

Lo Sparviere ★ 4.4

ORGANIC CERTIFIEDMonticelli Brusati

Lo Sparviere at Monticelli Brusati has farmed 30 hectares organically since 2013, on limestone-marl soils that producers consider distinct from the moraine substrates further south.

Tip: Ask for the Riserva Dosaggio Zero in the library flight; the cellar's limestone-marl signature shows most clearly at low dosage.

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