introducing Franciacorta

Franciacorta is a splendid region of Lombardy, a stone's throw from Brescia and within easy reach of the rest of Europe. Nature has over thousands of years sculpted this ancient land, creating a breathtakingly varied landscape awash with color, that yields its most prized treasure, the wine.

Milan to Franciacorta

Franciacorta Il Mosnel Gatti Camossi Ferghettina Cavalleri

Figures & Data 2400 hectares (6000 acres) total surface of Franciacorta vineyards CHARDONNAY - PINOT NERO - PINOT BIANCO the grapes that are cultivated in the area 250+ wineries that produce and bottle Franciacorta DOCG

Enrico Gatti

With their bottles produced, and their 17 hectares vineyards, Gatti Family has been running their cosy boutique winery for generations Only in 1987 Enzo and his wife Paola Gatti decided to produce Franciacorta sparkling wines

Enrico Gatti Selling Points A net, clean and extremely elegant style, with low residual sugar All wines are Millesimato (vintage), so all wines belong to a single harvest (no cuveé)

Classification Metodo Classico

GATTI ITEM #WINEWINE DescriptionLees contactTTL Production NV FRANCIACORTA BRUT DOCG 2009 vintage with 25 months minimum on the lees. 100% Chardonnay 25 months (june 2012 sboccatura) ,000 bottles FRANCIACORTA NATURE NV DOCG 85%Chardonnay, 15% PN. Almost exclusively from one vineyard with a higher altitude with 20 year old vines. Morenic soils that are light (but can be up to 4 different soil types depending on vineyard). 10% barriques, the rest in steel 24 months on lees (want to gradually move this up to 30 months) 13,000 bottles FRANCIACORTA BRUT MILLESIMO DOCG 100% Chard from 25 year old vines months (sbooc April 2011) 70% fermented in old French barriques 6000 bottles FRANCIACORTA SATEN BRUT DOCG 100% Chardonnay: 50% fermentation in old barriques almost exclusively from one old vineyard of over 26 years 33 months on lees minimum before degaugement 17/18,000 bottles NV FRANCIACORTA BRUT ROSE DOCG SOLD OUT3/4000 bottles