Lombardy Wines - La Riccafana

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Lombardy is one of the richest region in Italy for its vineyards, where some among the best wines in the world are produced. From a geographical point of view the production areas are completely different, and they are named: Franciacorta, a very famous area for the sparkling wines production with the so called method champenois, the Oltrepo Pavese, famous for its Barbera and Croatina vineyards, but also for the Pinot Noir and for the well-known valley of Riesling. Valtellina area is very well-known thanks to Sforzato wine and for Chiavennasca as well, which is a Nebbiolo clone, used for the production of great aging wines. Increasingly popular in the last few years is the Garda area with the Lugana DOC wine, with its famous wineries Ca dei Frati and Ca Maiol. Last but not the least we find the smaller wine areas of Capriano del Colle and Terre Larian between the cities Brianza and Bergamo.


Riccafana is a company based in Monte Orfano in the Franciacorta area where the terroir is very peculiar due to the heterogenous calcareous soils which give savoury and fresh aromas to the wines. The founder of the company is Giovanni Fratus; after gaining some work experiences in Switzerland and Germany, he came back to Franciacorta beginning his work of the recovery of the vineyards and of the old 15th-century farmhouse, which today is Riccafana. Giovanni Fratus successor is his son Riccardo, who in 2002 decided to transform the entire production to organic, while also trying to internationalize the production without loosing the deep links with the territory. Today the company runs around 20 hectares of vineyards on the south slopes of the Orfano Mount producing around 120,000 bottles.
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