Franciacorta runs from Brescia to Lake Iseo, covering about 200 square kilometres across 19 municipalities. Within this Lombardia wine area, the listed appellations are Franciacorta and Curtefranca.
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- Bergamo Hills1 producerBergamo Hills includes Scanzo, Terre del Colleoni and Valcalepio. Valcalepio has documented viticulture reaching back to Roman times.
- Brescia Hills (Botticino, Cellatica, Capriano)No producers listed yetBotticino, Cellatica and Capriano del Colle make up this Brescia Hills group. It includes a calcareous-clay plateau, difficult slopes and Botticino's small area beside Brescia.
- Garda & Lugana (Brescia/Mantova shore)7 producersThis Lombardia area includes Lugana, on the morainic plain south of Lake Garda. Lake conditions and clay soils support whites with freshness, mineral character and weight.
- Milan & Lodi PlainNo producers listed yetMilan & Lodi Plain is a Lombardia wine area with San Colombano al Lambro listed as its appellation.
- Oltrepò Pavese6 producersOltrepò Pavese lies south of the Po in the Northern Apennines. Its Metodo Classico tradition centres on blanc de noirs and rosé de noirs.
- Valtellina6 producersValtellina centres on Nebbiolo, known here as Chiavennasca. Its wines range from fresh Rosso to structured Valtellina Superiore and dried-grape Sforzato, from vineyards on rocky slopes behind dry-stone walls.
Producer profiles
Producers in Franciacorta & Curtefranca
- Azienda Acricola FerghettinaFounded by Roberto and Andreina Gatti in 1991, Ferghettina brings together fruit from vineyards across Franciacorta.
- Azienda Agricola Massussi LuigiArtisan Franciacorta estate at 400 metres, farming 1.5 hectares since the early nineteenth century and producing vintage-dated sparkling wines with indigenous yeasts and zero dosage.
- Bersi SerliniFranciacorta house in Provaglio d'Iseo, making metodo classico sparkling wines from organically farmed vineyards on the southern shore of Lake Iseo, in cellars first cut by medieval monks.
- Ca' del BoscoFranciacorta producer in Erbusco, Lombardy; 253 certified organic hectares; known for the Vintage Collection Satèn and the Annamaria Clementi prestige cuvée; technically rigorous house with proprietary nitrogen disgorging and gravity-flow cellars.
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- CastelvederFamily Franciacorta producer at Monticelli Brusati, Lombardy.
- Conti DuccoConti Ducco is a Passirano estate crafting Franciacorta from estate-grown Chardonnay and Pinot Noir, with roots in the current winery dating to 1967.
- Società Agricola Derbusco srlFranciacorta estate in Erbusco, Lombardy, farming 12.5 hectares of Chardonnay and Pinot Nero on morainic hills and producing traditional-method sparkling wine without added cane sugar, with lees ageing from 30 to 120 months.
- Tenuta MartinelliOrganic Franciacorta estate founded in 2018 by three brothers at the foot of Monte Orfano, the only marine-origin Miocene hill in the Po Valley area.