Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic
1701's biodynamic Demeter-certified 100 percent Pinot Nero Rosé Pas Dosé Millesimato. Wild strawberry and rose petal stripped of dosage sugar.
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
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Franciacorta from family Al Rocol at Ome.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Antica Fratta's volume Brut Essence from the Monticelli Brusati cellar. Chardonnay-led with 24 months on lees and a creamy mousse.
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 · Refreshing · Elegant
Barone Pizzini's organic Brut base, the volume flagship from the ICEA-certified organic estate (certified 1997). Erbamat in the blend echoes the 2017 disciplinare amendment.
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 · Elegant · Romantic
Pinot-led single-vintage Rosé Pas Dosé. Sixty months on lees and zero dosage strip the Pinot Nero down to its mineral and red-fruit spine.
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
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Franciacorta from organic Bersi Serlini at Provaglio d'Iseo.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Pinot-led Riserva Rosé from saigne with eight years on lees. Wild strawberry and rose petal aromatics over a creamy patisserie palate and a long graphite-tinged finish.
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 · Medium tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
100 percent Pinot Nero from Ca' del Bosco's Erbusco still-wine vineyards, oak-matured for 12 to 14 months. Sour cherry and raspberry aromatics with violet, forest floor and a fine-tannin finish.
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
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Franciacorta from Castel Faglia at Cazzago San Martino.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Dosaggio Zero from Cavalleri. Wild strawberry and rose petal aromatics stripped of dosage sugar.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Contadi Castaldi's volume Brut from Terra Moretti's second Franciacorta house at Adro. Chardonnay-led with 24 months on lees and a creamy mousse.
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 · Elegant · Savoury
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Nature Franciacorta from Derbusco Cives at Erbusco. Zero-dosage red-berried traditional-method sparkling.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Franciacorta from family Faccoli at Coccaglio.
Ferghettina Brut
4.4
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Ferghettina's 100 percent Chardonnay base Brut from Roberto Gatti's Adro cellar. Clean stainless-steel vinification, 30 months on lees, with white peach and almond aromatics.
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 · 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 · 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 · Elegant
Lo Sparviere's single-vintage Brut. Chardonnay-led with 36 months on lees and a saline finish from Monticelli Brusati.
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
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Franciacorta from Marchesi Antinori Tenuta Montenisa at Calino.
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 · Elegant
Monte Rossa's volume Brut from the Rabotti family's Cazzago San Martino cellar. The P.R. abbreviation is the founder's initials. Chardonnay-led with a creamy mousse.
Mosnel Brut
4.4
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Il Mosnel's base Brut, organic since 2008, from the Barboglio family cellar at Camignone (founded 1836). Chardonnay-led with a creamy mousse and saline finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Romantic
Pinot Nero-led organic Rosé Pas Dosé. Wild strawberry and rose petal aromatics stripped of dosage sugar, with the moraine chalk exposed.
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 · Elegant
Ricci Curbastro's organic Brut from the Capriolo cellar, which the family has farmed since 1885. Chardonnay-led with 30 months on lees, creamy mousse and a saline finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Ronco Calino's organic Brut from Paolo Radici's Adro cellar (Torbiato). Chardonnay-led with 24 months on lees and a saline finish.
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 · Elegant
Uberti's volume Brut, Magnificentia, blends Chardonnay and Pinot Bianco from the family's Erbusco vineyards. Creamy mousse and a saline finish.
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.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Elegant
Villa Franciacorta's single-vintage Brut Cuvette from the Monticelli Brusati cellar. Chardonnay-led with 30 months on lees and a creamy mousse.