Il Dosso di Archetti Luca

Luca Archetti founded Azienda Agricola Il Dosso in 1997 realizing the dream of his father Augusto, who died in 1990. Luca is permeated by the idea of an indissoluble relationship which must link the land to its fruits, that is Franciacorta to its wines. He does not understand, therefore, the attempts of the local viticulture to emulate the French, as for bubbles, or the Tuscans for reds. His inspiring thought is to refuse "corrections" in the cellar, as opposed to an almost maniacal care of the vineyard: the "terroir" must be freely expressed and must identify the wine, far from being homogeneous to hundreds of other products equal to themselves until boredom, whose main characteristic is to be sellable. Archetti will probably never become rich with this activity, but he certainly has a precise identity in the Franciacorta wine production that much bigger companies may have difficulty in finding. Six hectares of vineyards, for a potential annual production of 30,000 bottles. In the land of bubbles, Archetti without any qualms has chosen to privilege red wines, which make up more than three quarters of the wines produced. On the other hand the available vineyards, both for the exposure and for the mineral composition, are particularly suited for red grapes.

Up to six hectares of vineyards Luca personally follows the care of the vineyards, as well as all the other phases of the production of his wines, vinification, bottling, up to the guidelines of the styling of packaging...For vinification, investments have been made in the equipment of the cellar, such as controlled fermentation lines or the indispensable temperature control system for wine storage rooms. All of this has been done in absolute respect of the winemaking tradition. Every bottle expresses Luca's philosophy, starting from the characteristics of its content, of course, but even the color of the glass or the length of the cork, for example, are not accidental. As a matter of fact, despite the effort required, considering the size of the winery, Archetti pays special attention also to the "dress" of his bottles, which led him to redesign all his labels in the last months.