BELLAVISTA GRAN CUVEE NECTAR GIFT BOX FRANCIACORTA NV 750ml

ABOUT THE WINE

Bellavista is the name of the hill where the winery is located. From here, the viewer’s gaze takes in lake Iseo, the Po valley and the nearby Aips. The penultimate glaciation created an amphitheater ringed by morainic hills, stretching from the Alpine foothills of Lombardy to the shores of lake Iseo and Mount Orfano: a stronghold that shields the area against the fog that creeps up from the Po valley. An oasis of sunlight, water and energy that makes the expression of local viticulture unique, with a mediterranean-subalpine climate, mild and well-ventilated.
Ancestral yet contemporary, centered around an ancient production approach that is simultaneously state of the art, Nectar is a pure, natural and sensual Demi Sec. A very hard-to-come-by style, it is the fruit of a dedicated cuvée, produced exclusively from chardonnay grapes from no less than 30 different hilltop, south-facing vineyards. 30% is fermented in small white oak casks. Both for bottle fermentation and for dosage when disgorging, a sugar-rich must is used made from estate grapes left to dry on the vines.

TASTING NOTE:

A cuvée with a white, long-lasting foam, fine bubbles and a deep straw color verging on golden with time. The bouquet is elegantly sweet: honey, pastry, vanilla pods, candied citrus fruit and flowers. The mouthfeel is full and enveloping, creamy, smooth and balanced by a sweet freshness.

TECHNICAL INFORMATION:

• Grapes: Chardonnay 100%
• Average age of vines: 25 years
• Ageing: 54% pièces, 46% inox
• Dosage: 43 grams per litre