Italy · DOP (DOC/DOCG)
Franciacorta
DOCG Appellation
Franciacorta is a DOCG appellation in Italy across 19 communes. The rules allow white and rosé wine, based on Chardonnay, Erbamat, Pinot Nero and Pinot Bianco. Regional bedrock: unconsolidated sediments.
Lombardy's traditional-method sparkling wine from Chardonnay, Pinot Nero and Pinot Bianco, with the local Erbamat also allowed, on moraine soils south of Lake Iseo.
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Key facts Type DOP (DOC/DOCG) Category Quality Sparkling Wine Protected since 1973-09-18 Area 35,493 ha registered outline Extent N–S × E–W 22.97 × 31.87 km Centre 45.5882° N, 10.0516° E Grapes Chardonnay, Erbamat, Pinot Bianco, Pinot Nero Max yield 65 hl/ha Min planting density 2,500 vines/ha Irrigation Allowed Where it is Nearest town 4.4 km north of Ospitaletto Nearest city 14 km north-west of Brescia 200,423 people To the sea 156 km Rivers nearby Oglio (11 km) Lakes nearby Iseo (8.9 km) Same latitude Tualatin Hills (United States)Distances from the centre of the place. Towns: GeoNames (CC BY 4.0). Sea, rivers and lakes: Natural Earth.
Terrain Elevation 103–991 m Mean elevation 227 m Measured over the whole outline on 124,993 elevation cells of about 54 m (Mapterhorn terrain tiles). The outline is made of whole communes or districts, so it includes land that is not vineyard.
Wines and grape rules White · Quality Sparkling Wine Chardonnay Erbamat Pinot Nero
max 65 hl/ha · min 2,500 vines/ha
White · Quality Sparkling Wine Chardonnay Erbamat Pinot Nero
max 65 hl/ha · min 2,500 vines/ha
White · Quality Sparkling Wine Chardonnay Erbamat Pinot Nero
max 65 hl/ha · min 2,500 vines/ha
White · Quality Sparkling Wine Chardonnay Pinot Bianco
max 65 hl/ha · min 2,500 vines/ha
White · Quality Sparkling Wine Chardonnay Pinot Bianco
max 65 hl/ha · min 2,500 vines/ha
White · Quality Sparkling Wine Chardonnay Pinot Bianco
max 65 hl/ha · min 2,500 vines/ha
Rosé · Quality Sparkling Wine Chardonnay Erbamat Pinot Bianco Pinot Nero
max 65 hl/ha · min 2,500 vines/ha
Rosé · Quality Sparkling Wine Chardonnay Erbamat Pinot Bianco Pinot Nero
max 65 hl/ha · min 2,500 vines/ha
Rosé · Quality Sparkling Wine Chardonnay Erbamat Pinot Bianco Pinot Nero
max 65 hl/ha · min 2,500 vines/ha
Bedrock Unconsolidated sediments70% Carbonate sedimentary rocks (limestone, marl, dolomite)30% Regional bedrock from the GLiM global lithological map (Hartmann and Moosdorf 2012), not a soil survey.
Communes · 19 Adro Brescia Capriolo Cazzago San Martino Cellatica Coccaglio Cologne Corte Franca Erbusco Gussago Iseo Monticelli Brusati Ome Paderno Franciacorta Paratico Passirano Provaglio D'Iseo Rodengo Saiano Rovato Wineries · 11 Agriturismo La Fiorita Azienda Agricola Ferghettina Azienda Agricola Le Cantorie Barone Pizzini Bersi Serlini Guido Berlucchi & C. S.p.A. Monte Rossa Monzio Compagnoni Srl Plozza Tenuta Monte Delma corte fusia From OpenStreetMap. Missing a winery? Add it to OpenStreetMap and it appears here.
Sources EU register of geographical indications
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