The Camossi family has its roots in Franciacorta, having always been passionately dedicated to cultivating the land, growing vineyards, and producing wine.
Born as cattle breeders and winemakers with their grandfather Pietro Camossi, they converted the company to wine production in the early 1990s, producing their first Franciacorta in 1996. Starting with the 2002 harvest, Pietro's grandsons, Dario and Claudio, joined the company, supporting their grandfather and parents in managing the winery. 2002 also marked the year they met Nico Danesi, winemaker and technical expert for TerraUomoCielo, a project that unites several Franciacorta wineries. Its aim is to safeguard the local agricultural heritage, contributing to the creation of wines with a distinct identity and communicating their unique and unrepeatable characteristics to the market.
The idea is to discover a wine that expresses the unique elements that constitute the Franciacorta region. With the 2014 harvest, the Camossi winery began making wine using the SoloUva method.
The method is based on a simple concept: grapes are a fruit and, as the saying goes, should be harvested when ripe. Throughout the winemaking process, the sugar produced by the grape itself is used, aiming to obtain a wine that is the natural expression of the fruit, without the need for other sugars such as sucrose.
The Camossi winery owns 24 hectares spread across three Franciacorta municipalities: Erbusco, where the winery is located and where most of the estate's vineyards are located; Paratico, in the far western part of Franciacorta, overlooking Lake Iseo, where Pinot Noir is grown almost exclusively; and Provaglio d'Iseo, in the hamlet of Provezze.