Franciacorta

14 wineries and 124 wines. Franciacorta lies in the province of Brescia between the southern shore of Lake Iseo, the river Oglio to the west, Monte Orfano to the south and the hills of Rodengo, Ome, Gussago and Cellatica to the east. The whole area is a great amphitheatre of moraines left by the glacier that once came down the Valcamonica, so most of its soils were carried here from elsewhere: moderately deep, well drained, good at holding water. A zoning study in the 1990s still found six distinct kinds of ground inside it — and that variety is what the art of the cuvée, blending base wines from different plots, is built on. The climate is insubric, softened by the lake. Read more ↓