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Lombardy

Lombardy is in the north, just under Switzerland, and it is home to Milan and Italy’s major business centers. Lombardy (Lombardia, in Italian) is also the center for what some consider Italy’s best sparkling wines. Though the Veneto has long been known for its prosecco, the Franciacorta DOCG, one of two DOCGs in Lombardy, is famous for its sturdier, elegant, Champagne-style sparkling wines, which are made by metodo classico, the traditional French Champagne-making process requiring two separate fermentations, among other steps. The sparkling wine industry here is relatively young, having started only in the 1960s. But money for Lombardy wineries has come from wealthy regional industrialists, and it has grown quickly. There are nearly 70,000 vineyard acres in Lombardy and it ranks eleventh in terms of production among Italy’s wine regions. There are thirteen DOCs making red and white wines. Chardonnay is the dominant white grape and it is used in many sparkling wines. Red wines are made from Barbera, Bonarda, Lambrusco and Chiavennasca, which is a regional variation of Nebbiolo. Bellavista in Franciacorta is the most famous producer in Lombardy, although the DOC Oltrepo Pavese is also considered to have an excellent terroir. Valtellina, which has a DOCG and DOC, in the far north makes Chiavennasca, which is Nebbiolo.

N.V. Bellavista Franciacorta Gran Cuvee Brut Alma

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VN  91   
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2015 Barbacarlo di Lino Maga Provincia di Pavia Barbacarlo

2016 Barbacarlo di Lino Maga Provincia di Pavia Barbacarlo

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2017 Barbacarlo di Lino Maga Provincia di Pavia Barbacarlo

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2016 Aldo Rainoldi Valtellina Sfursat

VN  90   

1995 Martilde Oltrepò Pavese Pindaro Rosso Riserva

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1993 Bruno Verdi Oltrepo Pavese Rosso Cavariola Riserva

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