La Riccafana
Cologne · Brescia (BS)
Established
1973
Giovanni Fratus
Yearly production
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Location
Cologne
Brescia (BS) · Lombardia
Vineyard area
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About 18 hectares of organic vineyard at the foot of Monte Orfano at Cologne in eastern Franciacorta, around a fifteenth-century farmhouse; Chardonnay and Pinot Nero
Appellations
Curtefranca DOCFranciacorta DOCG
History
Giovanni Fratus came home from working in Switzerland and Germany to found La Riccafana at Cologne in 1973, restoring the vineyards and an old farmhouse; his son Riccardo turned it fully organic in 2002.
From about eighteen hectares they make organic Franciacorta.
Wines
Illustrative selectionRiccafana Franciacorta
Organic Franciacorta of Monte Orfano.
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Grapes of these appellations
Who else makes these wines
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- Franciacorta DOCG62 others
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