BERLUCCHI

The Berlucchi winery is a great symbol of Italian excellence in the world: the name that gave rise to the production of Metodo Classico sparkling wines in Franciacorta and remains the reference point for many generations. It was founded in 1955 by Guido

The Berlucchi winery is a great symbol of Italian excellence in the world: the name that gave rise to the production of Metodo Classico sparkling wines in Franciacorta and remains the reference point for many generations. It was founded in 1955 by Guido Berlucchi, descendant of the noble Lana de' Terzi family, together with his friend Giorgio Lanciani and the oenologist Franco Ziliani, at the time a young graduate of the Alba School of Oenology. It was the beginning of a legendary story: Franco Ziliani's intuitions and his desire to create a sparkling wine "in the French way" gave birth in 1961 to the first Franciacorta Pinot, the progenitor of all Franciacorta sparkling wines. Over the years and decades, Guido Berlucchi & Company's great success led other producers to take the same path, transforming the territory into what we today represent the cradle of the Italian Classic Method.

Today the Berlucchi cellars are managed by the Ziliani family: Cristina, Arturo and Paolo have taken up the teachings of their father Franco and have inherited Guido's legacy. The vineyards owned by the winery make up one fifth of the entire denomination and are now in organic conversion. In addition to the 90 hectares owned, the winery manages another 435, for a total of more than 500 hectares. But the real pride of the Ziliani family is the vast underground quarries and, above all, the historic cellar, dug 10 metres below ground level by the ancestors Lana de' Terzi in the 1600s. Here the bottles of bubbles find the ideal environment for ageing. Next to the ancient cellars stands the Palazzo Lana, a fascinating 16th century residence embellished with friezes, frescoes and antique furnishings. It is a legendary monument, a true point of reference in Italy for the pioneering spirit in the production of high quality bubbles.

The Berlucchi Franciacorta Berlucchi are the fruit of a great history and express at the most the "Franciacorta style", the symbol of made in Italy. All the labels produced are not only great bubbles but also a brilliant page of oenological history, a history that unites all Italians and makes them proud of their traditions.