Azienda Agricola Monzio Compagnoni

early twenties, Marcello Monzio Compagnoni founded his winery in 1987 in Cenate di Sotto, in the province of Bergamo; what still remains today an example of functionality combined with aesthetics and environmental impact. From the first grapes harvested, with the 1989 vintage, the Valcalepio del Colle della Luna debuted, a brand that immediately stood out for the wave of innovation it brought to the territory. Subsequently, the record was replicated and amplified, between 1990 and 1991, with wines aged in barrels, the reserves of Bianco di Luna (pure chardonnay), the Bordeaux blend called Rosso di Luna, Rosso di Nero (pure pinot noir) and Moscato di Scanzo. These were the years of the first successes that marked the winery's growth.

The history of &' Azienda Agricola Monzio Compagnoni

In the first half of the years &' 90 l&' family business experienced a time of financial difficulty, so Marcello Monzio Compagnoni had to do his best to give continuity to his project. In 1994, his first winery was rented again, alienated in the meantime to meet the family's economic commitments, but it didn't last long. L&' following year, driven by the desire to open a new chapter, he entered into a rental contract beyond &' Oglio, in Franciacorta, to take over Barone Montidella, the historic name of viticulture in this land. The cellar was left in complete decay and required numerous interventions. A short time later it hosted the first grapes of the 1995 harvest and at the same time it also rented the winery at Cascina Donnecco di Scanzorosciate, still the productive heart in Valcalepio. At &' dawn of the third millennium, Marcello also acquired an old farmhouse that he then transformed into a functional winery perfectly inserted in the Franciacortino territory, also thanks to Donato Lanati and his Enosis laboratory, a real scientific basis for the enological growth of &' company. The Oglio river is in the way, but due to a strange fate of chance, only one consonant has thus ended up distinguishing two of the symbolic locations of the company's history: the Loneto di Adro farm in Franciacorta, home of the current winery, and the Madonna of Loreto at Cenate Sotto in Valcalepio, the vineyard of its debut in the world of wine. Neighboring territories, of course, yet very different both from a pedological point of view and from that of history and viticultural tradition

Franciacorta DOCG sparkling wines are all vintage (37 months of processing) and are also receiving great awards at international level. From the elegant whites and generous reds of Valcalepio to the renowned bottled wines and sparkling wines of Franciacorta to the rediscovery of the noblest wine traditions of Lombardy. Two production units with a single soul in the name of class married to strength. From the refined “Ronco della Seta” to the great “Rosso di Nero” to the sweetness of “Don Quijote”, a rare