Franciacorta Millesimati - What is the best vintage?

Franciacorta Millesimati are obtained with at least 85% of grapes harvested in the year indicated on the bottle, generally produced in the best vintages . The Millesimati are enhanced with longer refinements than the non-vintage, so much so that at least 37 months must pass from the harvest to be put on the market.

These Franciacorta wines have a gustatory profile that clearly reflects the climatic characteristics of the vintage and the qualitative expressions of the grapes of that specific vintage.

The Consortium for the protection of Franciacorta evaluates the last vintages as follows: 2007 (4 stars), 2008 (4 stars), 2009 (4 stars), 2010 (3½ stars), 2011 (5 stars) , 2012 (4 stars), 2013 (4 stars), 2014 (3½ stars), 2015 (3½ stars), 2016 (4½ stars).

Vintage	Rating
2007	****
2008	****
2009	****
2010	*** ½
2011	*****
2012	****
2014	*** ½
2015	*** ½
2016	**** ½

So in the past 10 years, the best vintage turned out to be 2011, followed by 2016.

Franciacorta DOCG Riserva Brut Casa delle Colonne 2014 Fratelli Berlucchi

0,75 ℓ, Gift box

Casa delle Colonne Brut is a Franciacorta Riserva Brut from the Freccianera line of Fratelli Berlucchi, composed mainly of Chardonnay grapes and Pinot Nero grapes, coming from the Mantighì and Tre Camini vineyards of Borgonato and Torbiano, which are affected by the proximity of Lake Iseo and of the summer breezes of the Upper Camonica Valley.

Only a selection of the best bunches collected with the help of small boxes arrives in the cellar. There is soft pressing and fermentation in stainless ste...

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Type of wine

Sparkling

Ageing in barrel

Long

Body

Light

Aroma

Spicy

Origin

Italy, Lombardy

Sale

50.90 €

per bottle (0,75 ℓ) 67.87 €/ℓ

incl. VAT and taxes

Was: 67.50 €

Lowest price: 50.90 €

Franciacorta DOCG Riserva Nature 2012 Monzio Compagnoni

0,75 ℓ

Franciacorta Riserva Nature Brut Millesimato is produced by the Monzio Compagnoni winery, founded by Marcello Monzio Compagnoni in Adro, in the province of Brescia, and which today manages 30 hectares of vineyards.

This Blanc de Blancs is made exclusively from Pinot Noir grapes, traditionally vinified in white and made into sparkling wine according to the classic method. The aging on the yeasts is 60 months.

Straw yellow in colour, it opens on the nose with aromas of walnut husk, bay leaves and bi...