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Franciacorta

Franciacorta is a wine region in Italy. Italy's answer to Champagne. Traditional method with extended lees aging.

Where it is

Map data: Candiago; Natural Earth

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Classic styles

Producers in Franciacorta

  • Ca' del Bosco

    Franciacorta producer Ca’ del Bosco washes and dries grape bunches before pressing, a technique it calls the “berry spa.”

  • Guido Berlucchi

    Guido Berlucchi and winemaker Franco Ziliani helped create Franciacorta’s first traditional-method sparkling wine in 1961, using a second fermentation in the bottle.

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