Every cuvée we cover tagged traditional-method sparkling (champagne / cava / franciacorta / crémant), narrowed to Franciacorta. 90 cuvées.
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 · 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 · Refreshing
Satèn Franciacorta from family Al Rocol. 100 percent Chardonnay traditional-method sparkling at the softer 4.5 bar Satèn pressure.
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 · 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 · 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
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 · 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 · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
The deepest of Bellavista's Vintage tier (Pas Operé means 'extended on lees with low dosage'). Chardonnay-led with 60 months autolysis and a saline, patisserie-cream finish.
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 · 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 · 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 · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Long-lees Riserva Franciacorta from organic Bersi Serlini. The cellar's anniversary cuvée marking the family's milestones at Provaglio d'Iseo.
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 · Elegant · Refreshing
Satèn Franciacorta from organic Bersi Serlini. 100 percent Chardonnay traditional-method sparkling.
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 · 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 · Contemplative
Single-vintage Chardonnay-led Extra Brut with low dosage and 48 months on lees. Lemon zest and hazelnut aromatics with patisserie cream and a saline mineral finish.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Brut Franciacorta from organic Camossi at Erbusco. Chardonnay-led Pinot Nero traditional-method sparkling.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Long-lees Riserva Franciacorta from organic Camossi at Erbusco. Brioche-and-almond 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 · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Long-lees Riserva Franciacorta from Castel Faglia. Brioche-and-almond 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 · Refreshing
Satèn Franciacorta from Castel Faglia. 100 percent Chardonnay traditional-method sparkling at the softer 4.5 bar Satèn pressure.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Castello Bonomi's single-vineyard Millesimato from a lost (perdu) cru on Monte Orfano. 100 percent Chardonnay with 4 years on lees.
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 · Refreshing · Elegant
Cavalleri's 100 percent Chardonnay Blanc de Blancs Brut from the Erbusco cellar. Clean stainless-steel vinification, 30 months on lees, with green apple lift and a saline finish.
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 · 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 · 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 · 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
Brut Franciacorta from family Faccoli at Coccaglio. Minimal-intervention Chardonnay-led traditional-method sparkling from the foot of Monte Orfano.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Long-lees Riserva Franciacorta from family Faccoli at Coccaglio.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Refreshing · Festive
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Franciacorta from family Faccoli at Coccaglio.
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.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Ferghettina's single-vintage 100 percent Chardonnay Brut. Thirty-six months on lees deliver lemon curd and saline minerality.
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 · Elegant · Contemplative
Lantieri's flagship Millesimato Arcadia. Chardonnay-led with 36 months on lees and a saline finish from the Capriolo cellar.
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 · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Le Marchesine's prestige Millesimato Secolo Novo. Forty-eight months on lees and oak fermentation deliver patisserie cream and saline minerality.
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 · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Long-lees art-label Riserva Franciacorta from Majolini. Cuvée bottled with an Aligi Sassu artwork label, the Sardinian-Brescian painter who decorated the Majolini chapel.
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 · Elegant · Refreshing
Satèn Franciacorta from organic Majolini. Chardonnay and Pinot Bianco traditional-method sparkling at the softer 4.5 bar Satèn pressure.
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 · Elegant · Refreshing
Satèn Franciacorta from Marchesi Antinori Tenuta Montenisa. Chardonnay and Pinot Bianco traditional-method sparkling.
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 · Refreshing · Festive
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Franciacorta from organic Mirabella at Passirano.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Satèn Franciacorta from organic Mirabella. Chardonnay and Pinot Bianco traditional-method sparkling at the softer 4.5 bar Satèn pressure, leaning on one of the appellation's larger Pinot Bianco plantings.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Monte Rossa's prestige Millesimato Cabochon, the cellar's flagship single-vintage. Sixty months on lees deliver patisserie cream and a saline finish from the moraine hills.
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 · 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.
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 · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Il Mosnel's flagship Millesimato Extra Brut. EBB stands for Extra Brut Bianco. Forty-eight months on lees deliver yellow apple, candied citrus and a saline patisserie finish.
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 · Refreshing · Festive
Pinot Nero-led Rosé Franciacorta from Quadra at Cologne.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Refreshing
Satèn Franciacorta from Quadra. 100 percent Chardonnay traditional-method sparkling at the softer 4.5 bar Satèn pressure.
Dry · Medium-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Savoury
Pas Dosé Franciacorta from Quadra. The flagship black-label long-lees zero-dosage cuvée.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Long-lees Riserva Franciacorta from Quadra. The cellar's flagship Tonus long-lees cuvée.
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 · 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 · 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
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 · 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 · Elegant · Refreshing
Satèn Millesimato Franciacorta from organic Santus. 100 percent Chardonnay vintage traditional-method sparkling.
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 · Elegant
Uberti's volume Brut, Magnificentia, blends Chardonnay and Pinot Bianco from the family's Erbusco vineyards. Creamy mousse and a saline finish.
Dry · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Uberti's Pas Dosé Sublimis. Four years on lees and zero dosage strip the wine to its chalky Erbusco terroir.
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 · Full-bodied · Low tannin · High acidity · Elegant · Contemplative
Long-lees Riserva Franciacorta from Tenuta Villa Crespia. The Brolese Riserva cuvée in the Muratori group's Villa Crespia line at Adro.
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 · Refreshing
Satèn Franciacorta from Tenuta Villa Crespia. 100 percent Chardonnay traditional-method sparkling at the softer 4.5 bar Satèn pressure.
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 · 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.
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.