Lombardy
Est. 1836 
3 wines 
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Franciacorta
Italy's metodo classico heartland, a moraine amphitheatre south of Lake Iseo where Chardonnay and Pinot Nero make traditional-method sparkling wine.
Azienda Agricola Il Mosnel
Il Mosnel sits at the heart of Franciacorta, in Camignone di Passirano, on the hillsides south of Lake Iseo. The Barboglio family has farmed this old residence since 1836. Today the fifth generation, Giulio and Lucia Barzanò, run the cellar. All the grapes, Chardonnay, Pinot Bianco and Pinot Nero, come from the family's own certified organic vineyards, and the wines rest in cellars dug in the 16th century. The cellar fills around 230,000 bottles a year.
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About Azienda Agricola Il Mosnel
The Barboglio family inherited this property in 1836 and has farmed it ever since, five generations in a row. The turning point came with Emanuela Barboglio. She planted the estate's first dedicated vineyards and, in 1968, brought the winery into the newly created Franciacorta DOC. In 1976 the old company name, Azienda Agricola Barzanò Barboglio, was retired. The house has traded as Mosnel ever since.
Borgo Mosnel stands in a hamlet of Camignone di Passirano, in the province of Brescia. The hills here fall south from Lake Iseo and were left behind by an ancient glacier. The name Mosnel comes from a Brescian dialect word for a pile of rocks, the outcrop the house and cellars stand on. The underground cellars date from the 16th century and are still used every day. In 2018 a new cellar joined them, with three underground floors and a pavilion at ground level.
Today Giulio Barzanò directs production and sales, while his sister Lucia looks after marketing, communication and administration. Experienced vineyard and winemaking consultants work alongside them. The family also belongs to FIVI, the Italian federation of independent winegrowers.
Every grape comes from the family's own 41 hectares, about 57 football pitches of vines planted almost in one block around the borgo. The vineyards are certified organic under EU rules and audited by VALORITALIA. Vines are planted densely, at least 5,000 to the hectare, yields stay low, and picking is by hand. The grapes then go through a press designed to squeeze them gently. Chardonnay, Pinot Bianco and Pinot Nero share a single pocket of climate above the Camignone slope.
The Franciacorta range starts with the Brut, Rosé, Pas Dosé and the all-organic Nature. Above them sit the single-year wines Satèn, EBB and Parosé, plus the long-aged Brut QdE. At the top stands the Riserva, joined now and then by Riedizioni, late releases that bring twenty-year-old bottles back to market. The estate also makes a red and a white Curtefranca DOC, Fontecolo and Campolarga, and Sulif, a Sebino IGT sweet wine from sun-dried grapes. Around 230,000 bottles leave the cellar each year.
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Azienda Agricola Il Mosnel
Camignone di Passirano, Brescia · Franciacorta
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Visit & Experiences
3 bookable experiences at Azienda Agricola Il Mosnel
3 tastings, checked by our editors. From €25.
Tasting & Tour
Tour Stile Mosnel
1 hour 30 minutes
From €30 per person
Guided tour of the 16th-century cellars followed by a tasting of three of the four Franciacortas that define the house style.
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on visit.mosnel.com
Tasting & Tour
Tour I Millesimati
1 hour 30 minutes
From €50 per person
Cellar tour and a vintage-dated flight of the three iconic Mosnel millesimati: Satèn, EBB, and Parosé.
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on visit.mosnel.com
Tasting
Taste & Go (3 Glasses)
45 minutes
From €25 per person
Drop-in tasting flight of three Franciacortas from the Mosnel range, with no cellar tour.
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on visit.mosnel.com
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Contrada Barboglio, 14, ingresso da Via G.C. Abba, 38, 25050 Camignone, Brescia (Lombardy)
What Azienda Agricola Il Mosnel makes
Azienda Agricola Il Mosnel's current bottle selection is led by Franciacorta DOCG. The clearest grape signal comes from Chardonnay and Pinot Bianco.
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Mosnel is in Contrada Barboglio, Camignone di Passirano, in the province of Brescia in Lombardy. The estate sits at the centre of the Franciacorta zone, on hillsides that fall south from Lake Iseo.
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