Franciacorta is a sparkling wine from the Italian province of Brescia (Lombardy) with DOCG status. It is produced using the traditional method from grapes grown within the boundaries of the territory of Franciacorta, on the hills located between the southern shore of Lake Iseo and the city of Brescia. It was awarded DOC status in 1967, the designation then also including red and white still wines. Since 1995 the DOCG classification has applied exclusively to the sparkling wines of the area.
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Franciacorta is an appellation in Lombardy, Italy. We track 717 of its wines in stock at 62 shops, from 81 wine houses, from € 10.70; mostly sparkling.
Vintages
per year: wines in stock, prices, and the critics' scores the shops quote| Vintage | Wines | From | Median / 75 cl | Critics' score | Growing season |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | – | – | – | hotso far +2.9 °C · 2,345 GDD · 75 % rain |
| 2025 | – | – | – | – | warmwet harvest +0.6 °C · 2,063 GDD · 121 % rain |
| 2024 | – | – | – | – | warmwetwet harvest +0.7 °C · 2,086 GDD · 219 % rain |
| 2023 | 2 | € 35.00 | € 45.00 | – | hot +1.6 °C · 2,282 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 2022 | 33 | € 19.00 | € 33.00 | – | hot +2.4 °C · 2,449 GDD · 74 % rain |
| 2021 | 47 | € 22.00 | € 34.90 | – | average ±0.0 °C · 1,930 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 2020 | 58 | € 22.90 | € 33.54 | 94.0 (1 wine) | average +0.2 °C · 1,981 GDD · 115 % rain |
| 2019 | 42 | € 24.00 | € 38.75 | 95.0 (1 wine) | warm +0.9 °C · 2,121 GDD · 97 % rain |
| 2018 | 40 | € 28.00 | € 44.95 | – | hotdry harvest +1.4 °C · 2,237 GDD · 112 % rain |
| 2017 | 17 | € 30.00 | € 44.00 | – | hot +1.1 °C · 2,163 GDD · 80 % rain |
| 2016 | 28 | € 25.00 | € 44.00 | – | average +0.2 °C · 1,974 GDD · 102 % rain |
| 2015 | 21 | € 32.00 | € 45.00 | – | warm +0.8 °C · 2,099 GDD · 72 % rain |
| 2014 | 13 | € 29.00 | € 46.70 | – | cool −0.6 °C · 1,808 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2013 | 6 | € 40.00 | € 67.45 | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,856 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 2012 | 6 | € 49.00 | € 86.50 | – | warm +0.9 °C · 2,120 GDD · 106 % rain |
| 2011 | 8 | € 39.00 | € 50.50 | – | warm +0.7 °C · 2,073 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 2010 | 3 | € 45.00 | € 48.00 | – | coolwet −0.9 °C · 1,743 GDD · 133 % rain |
| 2009 | 5 | € 45.00 | € 45.00 | – | warm +0.8 °C · 2,106 GDD · 76 % rain |
| 2008 | 4 | € 56.90 | € 128.45 | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,885 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 2007 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.5 °C · 2,046 GDD · 85 % rain |
| 2006 | – | – | – | – | warm +0.6 °C · 2,058 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 2005 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,895 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 2004 | 1 | € 203.00 | € 203.00 | – | average −0.3 °C · 1,869 GDD · 86 % rain |
| 2003 | – | – | – | – | hotdrydry harvest +1.1 °C · 2,172 GDD · 68 % rain |
| 2002 | – | – | – | – | coolwet −0.7 °C · 1,770 GDD · 130 % rain |
| 2001 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,897 GDD · 81 % rain |
| 2000 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,955 GDD · 124 % rain |
| 1999 | – | – | – | – | average +0.1 °C · 1,948 GDD · 114 % rain |
| 1998 | – | – | – | – | average −0.2 °C · 1,898 GDD · 110 % rain |
| 1997 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.7 °C · 1,771 GDD · 79 % rain |
| 1996 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.5 °C · 1,603 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 1995 | 1 | € 650.00 | € 162.50 | – | cold −1.1 °C · 1,695 GDD · 104 % rain |
| 1994 | – | – | – | – | averagewet harvest −0.4 °C · 1,855 GDD · 118 % rain |
| 1993 | – | – | – | – | averagewetwet harvest −0.4 °C · 1,852 GDD · 130 % rain |
| 1992 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.5 °C · 1,827 GDD · 108 % rain |
| 1991 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.8 °C · 1,764 GDD · 82 % rain |
| 1990 | – | – | – | – | averagedry harvest −0.3 °C · 1,858 GDD · 93 % rain |
| 1989 | – | – | – | – | cold −1.2 °C · 1,678 GDD · 111 % rain |
| 1988 | – | – | – | – | cooldry harvest −0.5 °C · 1,830 GDD · 100 % rain |
| 1987 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,837 GDD · 92 % rain |
| 1986 | – | – | – | – | cool −0.7 °C · 1,792 GDD · 83 % rain |
| 1985 | – | – | – | – | cooldrydry harvest −0.5 °C · 1,832 GDD · 69 % rain |
| 1984 | – | – | – | – | cold −2.1 °C · 1,481 GDD · 124 % rain |
| 1983 | – | – | – | – | averagedry −0.4 °C · 1,852 GDD · 70 % rain |
| 1982 | – | – | – | – | average −0.4 °C · 1,851 GDD · 108 % rain |
Growing season (April–October; October–April south of the equator): mean temperature against Franciacorta's 1991–2020 normal (hot: 1 °C or more above, warm: 0.5 °C, cool/cold below), growing degree days (warmth for the vines, base 10 °C) and rain against normal, with the harvest month (September/March) flagged when very wet or dry. Monthly data from NASA POWER (MERRA-2) at one point in the appellation. The current year is compared with the same months of a normal year (“so far”); its latest months are preliminary and revised by NASA later.
Critics' score: the average of the best 100-point score quoted for each wine of that vintage, as the shops quote them. A few quoted wines make a thin average; the number of wines is in brackets.
Ca' del Bosco 73 · Bellavista 62 · Berlucchi 30 · Ricci Curbastro 30 · Contadi Castaldi 29 · Monte Rossa 24 · Ferghettina 22 · I Barisèi 20 · Le Marchesine 17 · Uberti 16 · Barone Pizzini 15 · Freccianera 14 · Majolini 14 · Ca' de Pazzi 14 · Castello Bonomi 12 · Camossi 10