There are a thousand reasons why Italy is one of the most beautiful countries in the world.

But there is one tiny, tucked-away place that almost no tourist ever finds.

Franciacorta.

A strip of land resting on the remnants of an ancient ice glacier, where compressed time and frozen history dissolved into the earth, leaving behind a treasure trove of minerals. Minerals that—centuries later—would give birth to Italy’s quiet, confident answer to Champagne:

Franciacorta Extra Brut.

Here, Chardonnay becomes something it cannot become anywhere else in Italy—ageworthy, elegant, electrically alive.