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.
It is a hard cheese that ages for about a year and a half. The wheels are then wrapped in chestnut leaves which transform them and imbue them with a strong and exceptional flavour. It pairs well with important Langa wines but is ideal with important dark craft beer too.
Beppino Occelli has created an original and new cheese. Only a few forms, carefully selected, are aged over a very long period of time and then coated with malted barley and whiskey. The final result is a unique cheese with a strong and complex fragrance. The whiskey goes down wonderfully with the flavour of malted barley, so much so that it can be enjoyed with the same distillate.
This crisp and refreshing bubbly is made from the Glera grape varietal, which is cultivated in the steep, terraced hillsides of the region. The nose is perfumed with notes of citrus, ripe apple and honeyed pear, which carry through to a bright and lively palate. On the finish, Vaporetto Prosecco is clean and dry with a subtle floral aroma. It's perfect as an aperitif or paired with light dishes like salads, seafood or sushi.
Colour: straw yellow with lightly green hints
Pelage: fine and persistent
Aroma: fruity (apple, light hints of apricot and citron) and floral (white and meadow flowers), fresh and pleasant
Flavour: elegant on the palate, slightly soft with a fruity aftertaste and subtle floral persistence
Grape varieties: 100% Glera
Altitude of the vineyards: 50-250 meters (164-820 ft.)
Period of harvest: September
Alcohol level: 11% vol
Sugar content: 11 grams per liter Total
Acidity: 5.5 grams per liter
Dry extract: 17.5 grams per liter
Serve: at a temperature of 8°C in a crystal globet
Suggestions: thanks to the minimal residual sugar level this wine is not only indicated as an aperitif but also pairs perfectly throughout the meal even with delicate dishes.
“Crede” is a type of clay-laden soil with particular characteristics that greatly benefit the grapes.
Not suffering from aridity the grapes become notably enriched with noble acids, varietal aromas and fruitiness.
The Glera grape variety, together with Pinot Bianco and Verdiso endows freshness, elegance and versatility. A wine with great personality, ideal throughout the meal and particularly suited to receptions and cocktails.
Colour: Brilliant, straw yellow with green highlights.
Bouquet: Wild flowers, balanced intensity, fresh and elegant giving rise to very pleasant fruitiness.
Flavour: True to the bouquet in its fruity notes of apples and pears its balance is rounded off by its rich and fine taste.
Exposition of the vineyards: South, South-East
Height of the vineyard: 250 metres a.s.l. (820 .)
Training system: double arched cane
Grape harvesting period: late September
Alcohol content: 11,5 % by vol.
Sugar content: 7,5 grams per liter
Overall acidity: 5,7 grams per liter
Dry extract: 17,5 grams per liter
Serving: 8°C. (46° F) in a large crystal goblet
From the hillside vineyards that embody the best of the heartland of this great wine, comes the Cartizze, the finest expression of Prosecco Superiore: the perfect union of environment, history and human endeavour.
The Cartizze hillside, with its friable soil covering a layer of rocky terrain, lends a notable acidity to the grape, which is balanced by the natural sugars drawn out and preserved by the manual methods of cultivation.
107 hectares of vines wind their way along a steep crest to an altitude of 300 metres above sea level, enjoying ideal levels of sun and constant protection from cold winds.
Grapes: min. 85% Glera.
Appearance: straw yellow, with a subtle, but persistent and lively perlage.
In the mouth: full, sapid, balanced, easy drinking, with a healthy dose of intense - but elegant - fruit.
On the nose: meadow flowers, elegant and pleasantly fruity with notes of apple, pear and peach.
The roots of the vines stretch out downwards into the clay-laden marine sandstone of the steep slopes of morainic hills dappled with patches of “molera“ a soft citrine rock. The stony soil with various depths allows the roots of the vines to penetrate deep into the ground as far as the bedrock. The grape harvest, rigorously carried out by hand on the steep slopes, the strenuous work, the passionate and continuous confrontation with the extreme terrain bestows the mantle of Heroic Agriculture on this wine.
Its colour is straw yellow with slightly green highlights.
Its bouquet Its is soft and elegant with balanced sapidity.
Variety: 100% Glera
Exposure of the vineyard: South, East, West
Altitude of the vineyard: 250 meters a.s.l (820 ft.) Training system: double curtain
Date of the grape harvest: early October
Alcohol level: 11,5 % vol.
Sugar content: 15 grams per litre
Total acidity: 5,7 grams per litre
Dry extract: 17,5 grams per litre
Service: 8° C. (46° F.) in a crystal goblet.
Suggestions
Distinguished by its delicate minerality this wine is ideal with seafood as an aperitif.
A cross between Stilton and Cheshire, it is firmer with a sharp, creamy and slightly tangy flavour.
The striking yellow colour comes from the addition of Annatto a natural food colouring extracted from the seeds of the Achiote tree from South America which also helps to soften the cheese.
Clawson Blue Stilton is made in the heart of the Vale of Belvoir by Master Cheesemakers who began crafting cheese over 100 years ago. Each individual Stilton is individually graded and hand-selected to ensure finest quality. It will be ready at around eight weeks old and is crumbly and creamy with a bold and expressive flavour. The perfect Stilton will have the telltale blue veins radiating from the centre and a distinctive tangy flavour. The milk comes only from local farmers ensuring low food miles.
Long Clawson is only one of five dairies in the world able to make Stilton due to its PDO status.
Cheeses and cold meats are delivered in the Adelaide Metropolitan area ONLY. For all local delivery enquiries, please contact Bottega 1995 directly at (08) 8362 0455. Thank you
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