Oysters in Franciacorta

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing

1701 Franciacorta's biodynamic Pas Dosé. Chardonnay-led with 36 months on lees and no dosage from the Cazzago San Martino cellar.

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.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing

Organic Dosaggio Zero from Barone Pizzini. Chardonnay and Pinot Bianco vinified without dosage, with the chalky moraine-hill minerality exposed.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing

The zero-dosage Alma. Chardonnay-led with reserve-wine depth, exposed mineral spine and the cellar's signature almond patisserie carried by a saline finish.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing

Single-vintage Pas Dosé from the '61 line, 60 months on lees. Lemon, green apple and chalk aromatics over a saline patisserie palate without dosage sugar.

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

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

Zero-dosage Millesimato that lays the chalky moraine-hill minerality bare. Lemon, green apple and chalk aromatics, saline finish, and no sugar to soften the mineral grip.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing

Cavalleri's Pas Dosé. 100 percent Chardonnay with no liqueur d'expedition at disgorgement, exposing the moraine-hill chalk.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing

Contadi Castaldi's Dosaggio Zero. Chardonnay-led with no liqueur d'expedition at disgorgement, exposing the chalky moraine-hill minerality.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury

Brut Nature Franciacorta from Derbusco Cives at Erbusco. Zero-dosage traditional-method sparkling from the moraine slopes.

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Ferghettina's Pas Dosé Riserva, 100 percent Chardonnay vinified clean and aged at least 33 months for the Riserva tier in its angular flat-bottle format.

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 · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing

La Montina's Pas Dosé Baiana, named for the cellar's location on Via Baiana at Monticelli Brusati. Chardonnay-led with 48 months on lees and no dosage.

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 · 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

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 · Elegant · Savoury

Pas Dosé Franciacorta from organic Mirabella. Long-lees zero-dosage cuvée named for Demetra, goddess of the harvest.

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 · Elegant · Refreshing

Monte Rossa's Dosaggio Zero. Chardonnay-led with no liqueur d'expedition at disgorgement, exposing the moraine-hill chalk.

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative

Il Mosnel's Pas Dosé Riserva, named for the Questione d'Etichetta project. Sixty months on lees and zero dosage strip the wine to its mineral spine.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing

Muratori's Numero Zero Pas Dosé. Chardonnay-led with 36 months on lees and no dosage from the Arcipelago Muratori project at Adro.

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 · Elegant · Savoury

Pas Dosé Franciacorta from Quadra. The flagship black-label long-lees zero-dosage cuvée.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing

Ricci Curbastro's Dosaggio Zero, named after Gualberto Ricci Curbastro. Thirty-six months on lees and no dosage expose the chalky terroir.

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 · Elegant · Refreshing

Brut Millesimato Franciacorta from organic Santus at Passirano. The cellar bottles vintage Millesimato exclusively, no NV blends.

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 · Elegant · Refreshing

Single-vineyard Brut Millesimato Franciacorta from Tenuta Villa Crespia. The Cesonato plot at Adro in the Muratori group's Villa Crespia line.

Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury

Pas Dosé Franciacorta from Tenuta Villa Crespia in the Muratori group at Adro. Zero-dosage 100 percent Chardonnay traditional-method sparkling.

Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing

Villa Franciacorta's Pas Dosé Diamant. Single-vintage Chardonnay-led with 48 months on lees and no dosage.