Teatro alla Scala Vendemmia Brut Franciacorta DOCG - Bellavista

In the glass, La Scala Vendemmia Brut Franciacorta from Bellavista presents a brilliantly shimmering golden yellow color. The bubbles of this sparkling wine are extremely fine, elegant and long-lasting in the glass. The color of this white wine also shows reflections in the core. If you give it a little air by swirling it, this sparkling wine is characterized by a fascinating lightness that makes it dance with verve in the glass. This Italian cuvée flatters the glass with wonderfully elegant and complex notes of plums, honeysuckle, pears and Nashi pears. There are also hints of walnut, whole nut chocolate and brittle.

This Italian wine delights with its elegantly dry taste. It was bottled with exceptionally little residual sugar. This is a genuine quality wine that clearly stands out from simpler qualities and so, despite its dryness, this Italian naturally delights with the finest balance. Taste does not necessarily require residual sugar. On the palate, this light-footed spumante is characterized by an incredibly dense, melting, creamy, silky and crisp texture. On the finish, this spumante from the Lombardy wine-growing region impresses with its exceptional length. Once again, there are hints of pink grapefruit and lily. In the finish, mineral notes from the limestone and gravel-dominated soil are added.

Vinification of the Bellavista La Scala Vendemmia Brut Franciacorta

The elegant La Scala Vendemmia Brut Franciacorta from Italy is a cuvée made from Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes. The grapes grow under optimal conditions in Lombardy. Here, the vines dig their roots deep into limestone and gravel soils. La Scala Vendemmia Brut Franciacorta is an Old World wine through and through, as this Italian wine exudes an extraordinary European charm that clearly underlines the success of wines from the Old World. Once perfect physiological ripeness has been ensured, the grapes for La Scala Vendemmia Brut Franciacorta are harvested exclusively by hand without the aid of coarse and less selective machines. After the manual harvest, the grapes are immediately taken to the press house. Here they are sorted and carefully crushed. The base wines are then fermented. Once the final spumante has been blended, the wine is aged using the classic bottle fermentation method. This is followed by bottle ageing for 48 months.

Dining recommendations for the La Scala Vendemmia Brut Franciacorta from Bellavista

This spumante from Italy is best enjoyed well-chilled at 8 - 10°C as an accompaniment to fruity endive salad, omelette with salmon and fennel or spaghetti with yoghurt and mint pesto.

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