Ferghettina is a family winery in Adro, in the hills of Franciacorta, with a view of Lake Sebino and the Alps. Roberto Gatti and his wife Andreina started it in 1991 with four hectares in Erbusco. Roberto had spent over twenty years at another Franciacorta winery before that. Their children Laura and Matteo, both oenology graduates, now work in the business with them.
The estate has grown to 200 hectares across 11 municipalities, farmed organically and certified since 2017. Chardonnay and pinot noir are the main grapes. Half of the land is worked as a vineyards park, and plot-by-plot vinification gives about 90 different base wines. The Franciacorta Brut draws on grapes from 55 vineyards.
Matteo designed and patented a bottle with a flat inner side. It gives the wine about two and a half times the contact with the yeast of a round bottle. The wines are Franciacorta DOCG and Curtefranca DOC only.
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I haven't reviewed a wine from Ferghettina yet. They're on my Top 100 list, which is built from awards.