Four Gold Medals for Lantieri

Also this year, extraordinary success for Cantina Lantieri di Capriolo which won four gold medals at The Champagne & Sparkling Wine World Championship 2021 (CSWWC) , the main international competition reserved for sparkling wines, conceived by Tom Stevenson, the most authoritative world expert of Champagne and Sparkling Wines. The gold was won by Lantieri Franciacorta Brut, Lantieri Franciacorta Extra Brut, Lantieri Franciacorta Satèn, Lantieri Franciacorta Brut Arcadia 2017 . In addition to the four golds, Lantieri also won two silvers with the Franciacorta Nature and Satèn Magnum . A result that places Fabio Lantieri's historic Franciacorta company among the very first in the world .

For the third consecutive year Cantina Lantieri is therefore on the podium of the "world of bubbles", given that in 2019 its Franciacorta Cuvée Brut NV Magnum was proclaimed World Champion in the Classic Brut Non-Vintage Blend category and last year its Franciacortas they had been awarded 4 gold and 2 silver medals.

CSWWC, the toughest and most important sparkling wine competition in the world, saw over 1,000 entries from around thirty countries compete. Overall, a total of 129 gold and 268 silver medals were awarded to 19 countries. Italy took the top spot by triumphing with 58 gold and 129 silver medals, followed by France.

"We are very happy and proud of these awards, since our Franciacortas were compared to the best Champagnes and Sparklings in the world - comments Fabio Lantieri de Paratico - The fact that for the third consecutive year we have been awarded for various types of Franciacorta, is a very important recognition for our winery as a whole and confirms that the path we are following in the search for absolute quality (in all the steps, from the vineyard to the cellar) has given the desired results. "

The Lantieri de Paratico , a noble and ancient family from Brescia, have Franciacorta roots that date back more than a thousand years ago. In the eleventh century. they had an imposing castle built in Paratico, where the story tells was hosted during his exile Dante Alighieri who, inspired by the landscape, would have written some verses of the Cantica del Purgatorio. In the 1500s the family moved to Capriolo , where the winemaking tradition has been perpetuated and the company is now based. The Lantieri distinguished themselves for the production of wines as early as the 16th century: they were then appreciated suppliers of the Gonzaga, Lords of Mantua, and of the courts of Ferrara and Milan, with the "Rubino di Corte Franca", forerunner of today's wines. The Lantieri Winery is now located in the historic center of the medieval village of Capriolo. The 21 hectares of vineyards extend partly around the company headquarters and partly on the slopes of Monte Alto. The production is mainly dedicated to the entire range of Franciacortas, (of which 160,000 bottles are produced), alongside fine Curtefranca (20,000 bottles).