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Azienda Agricola San Cristoforo - the producer of the famous brand of Italian sparkling wine Franciacorta.

In 1992, Bruno Dotti and his wife Claudia, split with his previous business and started running the winery San Cristoforo - from the Italian: Saint Christopher, located in Erbusco, which is in the heart of the Franciacorta area. They bought it with the intention of making wine hobby, but later decided to modernize it and make it a way of life.

Today San Cristoforo is a well known and respected manufacturer of great Italian champagne, called Franciacorta. At twelve acre farm most of the crop is a strain Chardonnay. Cellar located in the basement, creates perfect conditions for the aging of fine wine, produced by the classical method, the re-and long fermentation in the bottle.

Bruno, Claudia, and their daughter, Celeste, is an example of people who, through determination and faith in success, skillfully combined a passion for wine with the daily hard work in the vineyard and around it.

They admit that: Today, we are proud and grateful for our beautiful earth, for our fertile vineyards, the Franciacorta, a dry wine, with reserves that we do and offer ...

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  • Franciacorta Brut  - Italian wine wine dry sparkling spumante
    1. Producer:
      Azienda Agricola San Cristoforo
    2. Region:
      Lombardy
    3. Grape:
      Chardonnay (100%)
    4. Classification:
      DOCG
    5. Vintage:
      2019
    6. Capacity:
      0.75 l

    Dry white sparkling wine from the Chardonnay variety, belonging to the typology of Franciacorta. It is a type of wine whose fermentation process takes place according to the classical method of producing champagne, was used in the Champagne region in France and in the Cava region in Spain. Franciacorta is a small area located in the Lombardy region around Brescia. Thanks to the favorable climate and soil conditions the local winemakers produce highest quality sparkling wines here, mainly from Chardonnay. As a result of the fact that the time of maturation of the wine on yeasts is extremely long, from 18 to 60 months, Franciacorta is considered one of the best sparkling wines in the whole world. For the category Brut aging rate is 24 months. Elegance and excellence in one wine.

    Color: straw yellow, brilliant.
    Aroma: notes of ripe fruit, dried fruit, honey.
    Perlage: delicate, numerous, long lasting.
    Flavor: dry, fresh, mineral, velvety.
    Food Matching: very good as an aperitif and for dishes based on fish and seafood.
    Serving temperature: 8°/10°C.
    Alcohol content: 12,5%.

  • Franciacorta Brut  - Italian wine wine dry sparkling spumante
    Franciacorta Brut
    Azienda Agricola San Cristoforo - Lombardy
    Chardonnay (100%)
    DOCG - 2019 - 0.75 l
  • Franciacorta Brut Millesimato - Italian wine wine dry sparkling spumante
    1. Producer:
      Azienda Agricola San Cristoforo
    2. Region:
      Lombardy
    3. Grape:
      Chardonnay, Pinot Nero
    4. Classification:
      DOCG
    5. Vintage:
      2016
    6. Capacity:
      0.75 l

    Dry white sparkling wine with Chardonnay, belonging to the category Franciacorta Millesimato or Vintage Champagne. Aged for 40 months on yeasts. Best grapes of Chardonnay derived form 25 years old vineyards and of Pinot Nero from 18 years old vines generate this elegant wine, worth tasting during special occasions.

    Color: straw yellow, brilliant.
    Aroma: notes of ripe fruit, dried fruit, honey.
    Perlage: delicate, numerous, long lasting.
    Flavor: dry, fresh, mineral, velvety.
    Food matching: very good as an aperitif and for dishes based on fish and seafood.
    Serving temperature: 8°/10°C.
    Alcohol content: 12,5%.

  • Franciacorta Brut Millesimato - Italian wine wine dry sparkling spumante
    Franciacorta Brut Millesimato
    Azienda Agricola San Cristoforo - Lombardy
    Chardonnay, Pinot Nero
    DOCG - 2016 - 0.75 l
  • Franciacorta Pas Dose’ - Italian wine wine dry sparkling spumante
    1. Producer:
      Azienda Agricola San Cristoforo
    2. Region:
      Lombardy
    3. Grape:
      Chardonnay (100%)
    4. Classification:
      DOCG
    5. Vintage:
      2014
    6. Capacity:
      0.75 l

    Dry white sparkling wine of the Chardonnay variety that belongs to the typology of Franciacorta. For the category ‘Pas Dose’ the yeast-aging period is 40 months. Pas Dose‘ is the French for ‘dosage zero‘ meaning a very dry wine with its sugar content below 3g/l. Shortly before bottling, after the long period of refermentation in the bottle, no cane sugar or wine or distillate is added to it. Besides the compostion of these additions is often a secret of producer. As they were not blended in this version of Franciacorta, the wine is clear and expressed.

    Color: yellow straw, brilliant.
    Aroma: notes of apple, vanilla.
    Perlage: delicate, numerous, long lasting.
    Flavor: very dry, fresh, mineral, velvety.
    Food matching: very good as an aperitif and for dishes based on fish and seafood.
    Serving temperature: 8°/10°C
    Alcohol content: 12,5%.

  • Franciacorta Pas Dose’ - Italian wine wine dry sparkling spumante
    Franciacorta Pas Dose’
    Azienda Agricola San Cristoforo - Lombardy
    Chardonnay (100%)
    DOCG - 2014 - 0.75 l