Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Brut Franciacorta from organic Abrami Elisabetta at Provaglio d'Iseo. Pinot Nero-inflected traditional-method sparkling, matched to soil plot by plot.
Cuvées
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Franciacorta from organic Abrami Elisabetta. The cellar's Pinot Nero focus shows clearly in its rosé.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Brut Franciacorta from family Al Rocol at Ome. Chardonnay-led traditional-method sparkling from the agriturismo estate.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Franciacorta from family Al Rocol at Ome.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic
Pinot Nero-led Essence Rosé Brut from Antica Fratta. Wild strawberry and rose petal aromatics over a creamy mousse with 30 months on lees.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic
Pinot Nero-led organic Rosé from Barone Pizzini, awarded Gambero Rosso's Tre Bicchieri. Wild strawberry, raspberry and rose petal over a creamy mousse.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Bellavista's base cuvée built on a deep reserve-wine library spanning over a decade. Chardonnay-led with a creamy mousse, white peach lift and a fine almond patisserie finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic
Pinot Nero-led single-vintage Rosé from Bellavista's Erbusco vineyards. Wild strawberry and rose petal aromatics over a creamy mousse with 48 months on lees.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
The line that commemorates Franciacorta's 1961 birth year at Berlucchi. Chardonnay-led Brut with green apple lift, creamy mousse and a fresh almond finish at an accessible price.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Pinot Nero-led '61 Rosé Brut. Wild strawberry and raspberry aromatics over a creamy mousse, with the same 24 months on lees as the '61 Brut.
Dry · Light-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
The original Berlucchi traditional-method sparkling, the descendant of Franco Ziliani's 1961 founding cuvée. Now bottled outside DOCG as a VSQ at an everyday price.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Brut Franciacorta from organic Bersi Serlini at Provaglio d'Iseo. Family property since 1886, bottle-fermented Franciacorta since 1970.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Franciacorta from organic Bersi Serlini at Provaglio d'Iseo.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Brut Franciacorta from organic Biondelli at Bornato. Chardonnay-led traditional-method sparkling from a 10-hectare property below Bornato Castle.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Brut Franciacorta from organic Bredasole at Paratico near the southern end of Lake Iseo.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Numbered-edition base cuvée built on the deepest reserve-wine stock in Franciacorta. White peach and pink grapefruit aromatics over a creamy mousse and a saline mineral finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Extra Brut with wild strawberry and rose petal aromatics, a creamy mousse and a delicate citrus finish. The numbered base-tier Rosé from Maurizio Zanella's Erbusco cellar.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Brut Franciacorta from organic Camossi at Erbusco. Chardonnay-led Pinot Nero traditional-method sparkling.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Franciacorta from organic Camossi at Erbusco. Red-berried traditional-method sparkling.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Brut Franciacorta from Castel Faglia at Cazzago San Martino. Chardonnay-led traditional-method sparkling from a 300-metre moraine hill.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Franciacorta from Castel Faglia at Cazzago San Martino.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Brut Franciacorta from family Castelveder at Monticelli Brusati. Chardonnay-led traditional-method sparkling.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Brut from Contadi Castaldi with 30 months on lees. Wild strawberry and rose petal aromatics over a creamy mousse.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Brut Franciacorta from family Faccoli at Coccaglio. Minimal-intervention Chardonnay-led traditional-method sparkling from the foot of Monte Orfano.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Franciacorta from family Faccoli at Coccaglio.
Ferghettina Rosé
4.5
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic
100 percent Pinot Nero Rosé from Ferghettina, with the cellar's signature flat-bottle format. Wild strawberry and rose petal aromatics over a creamy mousse.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Brut Franciacorta from organic La Fiòca at Nigoline Bonomelli in the Corte Franca commune near Lake Iseo. Chardonnay-led traditional-method sparkling from a south-facing crescent.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Brut from Lantieri with 30 months on lees. Wild strawberry and rose petal aromatics over a creamy mousse.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Brut Franciacorta from family Le Cantorìe at Gussago. Chardonnay-led traditional-method sparkling from steep south-facing terraces on calcareous-clay-rocky soils.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic
Le Marchesine's Pinot Nero-led Rosé Millesimato Artio. Wild strawberry and rose petal aromatics over a creamy mousse with 30 months on lees.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Brut Franciacorta from family Majolini at Ome. Chardonnay-led traditional-method sparkling from the rock-excavated cellar.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Franciacorta from organic Majolini at Ome.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Brut Franciacorta from Marchesi Antinori Tenuta Montenisa at Calino. Chardonnay-led traditional-method sparkling from the Tuscan Antinori family's only Lombard property.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Franciacorta from Marchesi Antinori Tenuta Montenisa at Calino.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Brut Franciacorta from organic Mirabella at Passirano. Chardonnay-Pinot Bianco-Pinot Nero traditional-method sparkling from the converted 1940s cooperative.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Franciacorta from organic Mirabella at Passirano.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Brut from Monte Rossa. The Flamingo label was redesigned around the eponymous pink bird and is one of the most-poured Rosé Franciacorta in Lombardy on-trade.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Brut Franciacorta from Quadra at Cologne. Chardonnay-led traditional-method sparkling from the southwestern DOCG edge.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Franciacorta from Quadra at Cologne.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Brut Franciacorta from organic San Cristoforo at Villa Pedergnano in the Erbusco commune. Chardonnay-led traditional-method sparkling.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Franciacorta from organic San Cristoforo at Villa Pedergnano.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Brut Franciacorta from family Turra at Cologne. Chardonnay-led traditional-method sparkling from the western Monte Orfano slopes.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Brut Franciacorta from family Vezzoli at Erbusco. Chardonnay-led Pinot Nero traditional-method sparkling.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Franciacorta from family Vezzoli at Erbusco.