Bellavista Grande Cuvee Alma Brut Franciacorta

Bellavista Alma Gran Cuvee is grown and made in the Franciacorta DOCG region, in Lombardy.

The Franciacorta region that is home to Bellavista, is a D.O.C area located in the province of Brescia in the eastern part of Italy’s Lombardy region. One hundred and ninety hectares are sown with Chardonnay, Pinot Noir and Pinot Blanc. The vines are divided into 147 plots located in 10 different Franciacorta municipalities.

Franciacorta,  is known for producing Italy’s finest sparkling wines and the region is seen as Italy’s ‘answer’ to Champagne.

The Alma Gran Cuvee takes 40 months to make, from harvest to release.  Cuvee  is mostly made from Chardonnay with small amounts of Pinot Nero and Pinot Bianca. It shows aromas and flavours of ripe peach and nectarine, along with brioche, citrus peel and pastry. Good acidity combined with a strong minerality and a creamy mousse gives this wine a beautiful and long finish. Impressive with seafood or on its own as an apperitif.

Chardonnay (80%), Pinot Noir (19%), Pinot Blanc/Pinot Bianco (1%).

Made in the ‘traditional method’, the different parcels of wine are all vinified separately. 15% of the wines used in the blend are fermented and then matured for seven months in small oak barrels. These wines were then blended with the “reserve wines”, which came from between six and nine earlier vintages. Once blended, the wine was bottled and the secondary fermentation took place in the bottle. It was then left to age on lees for two and a half years before release.