Cascina San Pietro

Cascina San Pietro produces Franciacorta DOCG—both sparkling and rosé—within the nineteen Lombard municipalities that define the denomination between Brescia and the shores of Lake Iseo (Sebino). The winery works with Chardonnay, Pinot nero, and Pinot bianco alongside Erbamat, an indigenous variety that has proven useful in maintaining freshness and acidity in warmer vintages. The wines rest for a minimum of eighteen months, a period that allows the expected complexity of a traditional method sparkling wine to develop. With an alcohol content of 11.5% or higher, these bottles balance two requirements: the imprint of a morainic terroir rich in glacial deposits and the cellar discipline that governs secondary fermentation and aging on lees. The result speaks less to the immediacy of sparkling wine and more to the patience of time spent in the bottle, where the perlage refines and the wine acquires the mineral tension that distinguishes Franciacorta from other Italian sparkling wines.

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