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The denomination Franciacorta DOCG represents the most famous Classic Method of Italy. Despite the high level reached, its international reputation is still far from that of Champagne. But can you really make a comparison between Franciacorta and Champagne ? Let's start with the things that unite them. They are both sparkling wines made with a second bottle fermentation process: Classic Method or Champenoise Method for transalpine cousins. As for the ampelographic base, there are many similarities. The disciplinary of Franciacorta provides for the use of chardonnay, pinot nero, pinot bianco and now also of erbamat. AOC Champagne the use of chandonnay, pinot noir, meunier and other almost completely abandoned varieties such as arbane, pinot gris, pinot meslier and pinot blanc.


Instead, what differentiates Franciacorta and Champagne is above all history , the savoir-faire linked to tradition, the climate and the land. While the classic method of Franciacorta was born in the 60s of the second post-war period, the French sparkling wine culture dates back to the seventeenth century and to the legendary figure of the Benedictine monk Pierre Pérignon, who according to legend, developed the Champagne production process at the 'Abbey of Hautvillers, north of Épernay. Therefore, a few centuries elapse between the birth of the two sparkling wines and also a precious wealth of experience and knowledge, handed down from generation to generation to the present day. Another substantial difference concerns the climate and the composition of the land. Champagne is located at the northern limit of the cultivation of vines in our hemisphere. The climate is characterized by a double influence, continental and Atlantic, with rather cold and cold winter and spring temperatures, mitigated by the influence of the ocean. Franciacorta, on the other hand, has a rather warm and temperate climate, which in many years requires early harvests. The soils of the Champagne region consist of limestone and chalk outcropping in the Cote de Blancs and Cote de Sesanne, limestone marls, which insist on a deep gypsum substrate in the area of the Montagne de Reims and limestone-clay marls in the Vallée de the Marne and the Cote de Bar. In Franciacorta the land is mainly of morainic origin, made up of gentle hilly reliefs of lands rich in pebbles. Exceptions are the relief of Monte Orfano, an ancient outcrop of limestone conglomerates and the area to the east, at the extreme border of the glacial moraine, which is of a limestone nature.

The main difference between Franciacorta and Champagne can be summarized with the famous French expression terroir , that is the set of climate, soil, vines, traditions and culture. A difference that is also reflected in the profile of the wines. In Champagne the vins clairs have higher acidity and after many years of aging on the lees, the cuvées develop great complexity and retain a natural, almost cutting freshness, which constitutes its inimitable salient trait. It is no coincidence that in Champagne one often has to resort to malolactic to lower the acidity of the bases. These are two great sparkling wines with different characteristics, but today Champagne still remains the undisputed model of absolute excellence.

Champagne AOC Extra Brut 4 Éléments Pinot Noir La Perthe 2018 Huré Frères

0,75 ℓ
123 
per bottle  (0,75 ℓ)  164 €/ℓ
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Champagne AOC Extra Brut 4 Éléments Chardonnay Les Blanches Voies 2018 Huré Frères

0,75 ℓ
123 
per bottle  (0,75 ℓ)  164 €/ℓ
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Franciacorta Riserva DOCG Millesimato Annamaria Clementi Dosaggio Zero 2016 Ca' del Bosco

0,75 ℓ
96
136 
per bottle  (0,75 ℓ)  181.33 €/ℓ
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Champagne AOC Premier Cru Brut Blanc de Blancs La Croix Saint-Ladre 2016 Colin

0,75 ℓ
Discount 11%
104 
per bottle  (0,75 ℓ)  138.67 €/ℓ
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Lowest price: 118 € 
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Champagne AOC Brut Palmes d'Or 2009 Nicolas Feuillatte

0,75 ℓ, Gift box
93
155 
per bottle  (0,75 ℓ)  206.67 €/ℓ
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Champagne Brut AOC Blue Top Heidsieck & Co. Monopole

Jeroboam 3 ℓ, Wooden box
Discount 15%
219 
per bottle  (3 ℓ)  73 €/ℓ
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Lowest price: 258 € 
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Champagne AOC Brut Nature Eurêka! Chavost

0,75 ℓ
133 
per bottle  (0,75 ℓ)  177.33 €/ℓ
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Champagne AOC Extra Brut Cuvée Irizée Régis Poissinet

0,75 ℓ
147 
per bottle  (0,75 ℓ)  196 €/ℓ
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Champagne AOC Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs Premier Cru Les Terres Fines 2021 Dhondt-Grellet

0,75 ℓ
Quantity discount 5%
109.90 
per bottle  (0,75 ℓ)  146.53 €/ℓ
for at least 6 bottles
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Regular price: 115 €

Champagne AOC Grand Cru Nature Blanc de Blancs Cramant 2019 Philippe Lancelot

0,75 ℓ
115 
per bottle  (0,75 ℓ)  153.33 €/ℓ
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Champagne AOC Brut Grand Brut Perrier Jouët

Magnum 1,5 ℓ
90
143 
per bottle  (1,5 ℓ)  95.33 €/ℓ
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Champagne AOC Brut Chouilly Grand Cru Blanc de Blancs Coste Beert Pierre Legras

Magnum 1,5 ℓ
93
Discount 20%
103 
per bottle  (1,5 ℓ)  68.67 €/ℓ
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Lowest price: 129 € 

Champagne AOC Pas Dosé L’Instant B 2008 Bolieu

0,75 ℓ
Discount 9%
145 
per bottle  (0,75 ℓ)  193.33 €/ℓ
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Lowest price: 161 € 
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Champagne AOC Grand Brut Perrier Jouët

Magnum 1,5 ℓ, Gift box
92
91
146 
per bottle  (1,5 ℓ)  97.33 €/ℓ
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Champagne Extra Brut Blanc de Blancs AOC Les Grandes Crayeres 2019 Laherte Frères

0,75 ℓ
111 
per bottle  (0,75 ℓ)  148 €/ℓ
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Champagne AOC Brut Cordon Bleu 2014 De Venoge

0,75 ℓ
Quantity discount 5%
103 
per bottle  (0,75 ℓ)  137.33 €/ℓ
for at least 6 bottles
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Regular price: 108 €

Champagne AOC Brut Grande Cuvée 173ème Édition Krug

0,75 ℓ
Discount 5%
256 
per bottle  (0,75 ℓ)  341.33 €/ℓ
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Lowest price: 270 € 
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Champagne AOC Extra Brut Les Hauts d'Épernay 2018 Philippe Lancelot

0,75 ℓ
105 
per bottle  (0,75 ℓ)  140 €/ℓ
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