![]() ![]() For extra calories, try the cappuccino della nonna, enriched with egg. The pastries and buns are excellent, including the cloud-light brioche veneziana (filled with crème pâtissière). Wherever I’m sleeping in Franciacorta, I have breakfast at Pasticceria Roberto in Erbusco. ‘We’re carrying on that tradition and offering the hospitality that makes Franciacorta so special.’įranciacorta travel guide: my perfect day Morning ![]() ‘My father started out making still wines but realised that the sparkling wines made here were more exceptional,’ says Cenci. ![]() Its courtyard, with shaded tables and overhanging vine pergola, is the perfect place to taste their wines after a walk into the vineyards to see the views. Giuliana Cenci and her son Maurizio Bassi live in an 18th-century cascina, or country farmhouse, Vigneti Cenci, on the slopes of Monte Orfano. While the biggest estates boast showstopping cellars and landscaped gardens, it’s visits to the smaller, family-run estates that are the most illuminating about the Italian way of life. ‘Experience, research and technical know-how of the terroir places Ca’ del Bosco in the top tier in Franciacorta,’ writes Federico Moccia in this Decanter article on six top Franciacorta producers to know. That includes those of the trendsetting Ca’ del Bosco, where huge investment has produced a modernist cellar and sculpture park that shouldn’t be missed by fans of modern art. Impressively, 80% of Franciacorta’s vineyards are now being grown organically. ‘This grape’s natural higher acidity means we can let it ripen longer than Chardonnay and make wines that can’t be mistaken for any other part of the world.’ Ca’ del Bosco He even makes small quantities of a pure Erbamat sparkling wine. Pierluigi Villa, of Santa Lucia winery, is another fan of Erbamat and has played a central role in its recent history.Īn ampelographer by profession (one who studies and classifies grape vines), he studied local grapes in Brescia and helped to classify the variety. ‘Very few plants of Erbamat remained but we’ve been cultivating it and we now have two vineyards.’ The hope is to produce even more distinctive wines from Erbamat in the future. This rare white grape has been known since at least 1564 and has large, compact bunches and higher acidity than Chardonnay, so it’s perfect for Franciacorta. ![]() ‘That’s why Chardonnay, Pinot Nero and Pinot Bianco do so well here.’īrescianini has also been a champion of the only local variety to be included in the blend for Franciacorta, Erbamat. ‘Franciacorta’s character derives from its terroir – the pebbly, well-draining morainic soils that are interspersed here with marine sediments, and the lake that tempers our weather,’ says Silvano Brescianini as we tour the vineyards of the Barone Pizzini estate, where he is executive vice president. Before then, still wines were the norm in the region. Guido Berlucchi and his oenologist, the late Franco Ziliani, were the ‘grandfathers’ of Franciacorta, who began making sparkling wines in the area 60 years ago. A good start is at the Berlucchi cellars. The Franciacorta wine route weaves in and out of the vineyards, so the most direct way to visit wineries is by car. September releases 2022: full score tableĬredit: Decanter / Maggie Nelson.Rhône 2021 score table: top white wines.March releases on the Place de Bordeaux 2023. ![]()
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