Bonfadini Franciacorta
About Winery and Wines
Bonfadini Franciacorta was founded in 1956 by grandfather
Giovanni, who has always been a farmer in Franciacorta.
Graziano, one of his seven sons, inherited his love for the land and the
wish to create something special with grapes, their traditional
family cultivation. In 1993 he took over his father's business and
kept on growing grapes with the aim of selling them to the great
wineries of Franciacorta.
In 2007 Graziano’s daughter Francesca joined the company and, desiring to
honor the work of her grandfather and her father,
she decides to start vinifying their own grapes. In 2009
the first “Franciacorta DOCG Bonfadini Nobilium Brut” was born.
An immediately successful wine, but not enough on its own.
Francesca’s brother Andrea Bonfadini joins the company in 2011, followed in 2013
by the oenologist Gianni Gasperi, thus setting a course of growth for the company through wines featuring a strong personality.
Today the winery’s range includes 6 different types of Franciacorta,
all of them awarded with several prizes and recording positive
commercial feedback both in Italy and abroad.
The company, characterized by a strong passion and dedication, aims the annual production of 200.000 bottles, almost double the current production of 120.000.
This goal will be possible thanks to a quality standard of excellence and the introduction of new types of Franciacorta.
NOBILIUM BRUT
GRAPES: 90% Chardonnay, 10% Pinot Noir
TERRAIN: Glacial morainic in the hilly area
CULTIVATION SYSTEM: Guyot for Chardonnay, spurred cordon for Pinot Noir
HARVEST: Manual harvesting of the grapes in small cases. Central ten days of August
MATURATION SUR LIES: Minimum of 24 months
DOSAGE: Oaked Chardonnay, sugar 0 g/L
TASTING NOTES: Straw-yellow color with light green shades. Intense aroma with
notes of honey and vanilla. Nicely lively and good acidity.
CARPE DIEM SATEN
GRAPES: 100% Chardonnay
TERRAIN: Glacial morainic in the hilly area
CULTIVATION SYSTEM: Guyot for Chardonnay
HARVEST: Manual harvesting of the grapes in small cases. Central ten days of August
MATURATION SUR LIES: Minimum of 24 months
DOSAGE: Oaked Chardonnay, sugar 2.5 g/L
TASTING NOTES: Straw yellow color. Variegated and complex aroma with a persistent hint of fruit and vanilla. Long lasting and charming flavor. Fine and balanced perlage.
OPERA ROSE’
GRAPES: 50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noir
TERRAIN: Glacial morainic in the hilly area
CULTIVATION SYSTEM: Guyot for Chardonnay, spurred cordon for Pinot Noir
HARVEST: Manual harvesting of the grapes in small cases. Central ten days of August
MATURATION SUR LIES: Minimum of 24 months
DOSAGE: Oaked Chardonnay, sugar 3.5 g/L
TASTING NOTES: Pink color. Cherry and red berry fruits aroma. Intense minerality.
Fine and persistent perlage.
VERITAS NATURE
GRAPES: 90% Chardonnay, 10% Pinot Noir
TERRAIN: Glacial morainic in the hilly area
CULTIVATION SYSTEM: Guyot for Chardonnay, spurred cordon for Pinot Noir
HARVEST: Manual harvesting of the grapes in small cases. Central ten days of August
MATURATION SUR LIES: Minimum of 30 months
DOSAGE: Oaked Chardonnay, sugar 0 g/L
TASTING NOTES: Intense straw yellow color with mineral and bread crusts aroma. Full and balanced in the mouth, long lasting and mineral flavour.
MILLESIMATO AURORA ROSE’ 2015
GRAPES: 50% Chardonnay, 50% Pinot Noir
TERRAIN: Glacial morainic in the hilly area
CULTIVATION SYSTEM: Guyot for Chardonnay, spurred cordon for Pinot Noir
HARVEST: Manual harvesting of the grapes in small cases. Central ten days of August
MATURATION SUR LIES: 40 months
DOSAGE: Oaked Pinot Noir, sugar 3.5 g/L
TASTING NOTES: Bright salmon pink color. Fresh scent with red berry fruits aroma, a slight note of bread-crust and vanilla that gives complexity. Excellent structure, long and persistent. Good balance between acidity and salinity.
MILLESIMATO VICTUS NATURE 2016
GRAPES: 90% Chardonnay, 10% Pinot Noir
TERRAIN: Glacial morainic in the hilly area
CULTIVATION SYSTEM: Guyot for Chardonnay, spurred cordon for Pinot Noir
HARVEST: Manual harvesting of the grapes in small cases. Central ten days of August
MATURATION SUR LIES: 32 months
DOSAGE: Oaked Chardonnay, sugar 0 g/L
TASTING NOTES: Bright yellow color with greenish reflections. Clean aroma with fruity hints of green apple, toasted hazelnut and vanilla. It has a good balance, excellent salinity and acidity that bring length and persistence