About this wine
Vineyard and terroir
The 2025 wine draws on 16 certified-organic vineyards. Chardonnay comes from 13 vineyards in Erbusco, Cazzago San Martino and Provaglio d’Iseo, planted an average of 36 years ago. Pinot Blanc comes from three vineyards in Passirano, with an average age of 32 years. Differences in exposure, clone and vine age contribute to the blend.
Grapes
The 2025 blend is 80% Chardonnay and 20% Pinot Blanc.
Vinification
The grapes are harvested by hand into small coded crates and cold-stored. Every bunch is selected, washed through three soaking tanks and thoroughly dried. Only free-run juice is retained. Approximately one quarter of the juice is vinified and aged in small oak barrels previously used for Chardonnay, while the remainder ferments in stainless-steel vats. Both fractions spend eight months on their lees without malolactic fermentation and are then assembled.
The wine is bottled by gravity through long-nozzle fillers designed to minimise agitation and oxidative stress. No sulphites are added during this stage, and each bottle receives a unique traceability code. Bottling is scheduled for May 2026, followed by an average of six months in bottle.
Technical data
The 2025 yield was 9,856 kg of grapes per hectare, equivalent to 6,400 litres of wine and a grape-to-wine yield of 65%. Alcohol is 13.00% vol., pH 3.08, total acidity 6.75 g/L and volatile acidity 0.30 g/L. Total sulphur dioxide is below 61 mg/L.
Tasting profile
The 2025 growing season produced a concentrated white wine in both aroma and flavour. The early-picked fruit retained a pronounced, crisp acidity, while Chardonnay contributes fragrance and Pinot Blanc brings elegance.
Vintage notes
The defining feature of 2025 was a sharply changeable summer. Temperatures exceeded 35°C from 20 June to 4 July, followed by three unusually cool and rainy weeks that delivered 210 mm of rain and removed the threat of drought. Heat returned in early August. Harvesting across the estate ran from 13–28 August, with yields close to 100 quintals per hectare. Fruit for Corte del Lupo Bianco was brought in a few days early, before 101 mm of rain on 20–21 August, preserving concentration and an optimal balance between sugar and acidity.
Label / history
First produced in 1972 as Pinot di Franciacorta Bianco, it was Ca’ del Bosco’s first wine. Its name later changed to Franciacorta Bianco DOC, Terre di Franciacorta and Curtefranca Bianco. From the 2017 harvest it became Corte del Lupo. The label depicts the vineyard, the court, surrounding woodland and wolves presented as guardians of the estate.
