Bellavista Vittorio Moretti Franciacorta Riserva

Bellavista Vittorio Moretti Franciacorta Riserva 2016

£75.25

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Key info
CountryItaly
RegionFranciacorta
GrapeChardonnay, Pinot Noir
TypeSparkling
Vintage2016
Alcohol12.5% ABV
BodyFull
SweetnessDry
Age-worthyComplexMineralSaline
Pairs with — aperitif, poultry, shellfish, white fish & seafood

The wine

This wine personifies the indomitable spirit of Vittorio Moretti. Fragrant and rich in floral notes of elderberry and jasmine, combined with an intriguing hint of flint and incense alongside Mediterranean wild herbs and tropical fruit. An explosion of flavour, with savoury, mineral and citrus notes leading to a dynamic, lingering finish.

Named after the founder and made only in exceptional vintages, this is the flagship. Riserva status in Franciacorta requires a minimum of sixty months on the lees, more than double the standard, and the wines are released years after the harvest. Among the finest sparkling wines made outside Champagne.

The producer

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Vittorio Moretti founded Bellavista in 1977 at Erbusco in the heart of Franciacorta, beginning with a few hectares and building to 207. The name translates as beautiful view.

Franciacorta is Italy's answer to Champagne and is made the same way: a second fermentation in the bottle, extended ageing on the lees, and the same grapes, Chardonnay and Pinot Noir with a little Pinot Bianco. The appellation's rules are in places stricter than Champagne's, requiring longer minimum lees ageing for its non-vintage wines, and the wines are made in far smaller quantity. The region sits at the foot of the Alps above Lake Iseo in Lombardy, where moraine soils left by a retreating glacier give the drainage and the minerality.

Bellavista is among the two or three names that made the appellation's reputation, and the range is deliberately expressive rather than austere, with generous lees ageing and a proportion of oak fermentation. The still Curtefranca whites come from the same estate under the region's table-wine appellation.

Frequently asked questions

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