Ca' del Bosco
Erbusco · Brescia (BS)
Established
1969
Maurizio Zanella (on land his mother, Annamaria Clementi Zanella, bought in the Erbusco hills)
Yearly production
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Location
Erbusco
Brescia (BS) · Lombardia
Vineyard area
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Over 200 hectares across the Franciacorta hills of Erbusco and neighbouring communes, farmed organically, with a share of the early high-density plantings (around 10,000 vines per hectare) that were pioneering for Italy at the time.
Appellations
Curtefranca DOCFranciacorta DOCGProvincia di Pavia IGTSebino IGTTerre del Colleoni o Colleoni DOCValcalepio DOC
History
Ca' del Bosco grew from a modest house called Ca' del Bosc, surrounded by oak and chestnut woods, that Annamaria Clementi Zanella bought in the Erbusco hills. Her son Maurizio Zanella turned it into one of the founding estates of modern Franciacorta, releasing his first trio of metodo classico spumanti in December 1978 and becoming a driving force behind the Franciacorta DOCG. The winery is known for meticulous, almost obsessive cellar practices, including a berry-washing line for hand-picked grapes, and for the flagship Annamaria Clementi cuvée named after the founder's mother.
Wines
Illustrative selectionCuvée Prestige Franciacorta
Annamaria Clementi
Vintage Collection Dosage Zéro
Maurizio Zanella
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Grapes of these appellations
- Chardonnay
- Pinot Bianco
- Pinot Nero
- Cabernet Franc
- Carmenère
- Merlot
- Cabernet Sauvignon
- Barbera
- Croatina
- Riesling Renano
- Cortese
- Moscato Bianco
- Malvasia di Candia Aromatica
- Pinot Grigio
Who else makes these wines
- Curtefranca DOC56 others
- Franciacorta DOCG62 others
- Provincia di Pavia IGT52 others
- Sebino IGT5 others
- Terre del Colleoni o Colleoni DOC21 others
- Valcalepio DOC22 others