Sparkling

Belvive

By Cantine Povero, Roero, Piemonte, Italy

Cantine Povero Belvive

A Charmat extra dry sparkling wine, 12% alcohol; the name comes from the Piedmontese "bel vive" (life is beautiful).

Tasting notes

Pale straw yellow with fine, persistent perlage. Delicate fresh nose of hawthorn, pear and banana; soft, harmonious dry palate with pear, Golden apple, acacia and tropical fruit.

Pairs well with

Prawn cocktail, vegetarian skewers, crostini with goat cheese and cold cuts, seafood salad, salmon tartare, asparagus risotto.

Technical details

Style
Sparkling
Denomination
Spumante Extra Dry (Metodo Charmat)
Soil
Rich in sands and calcareous clays
Vineyard planting
Espalier training with guyot pruning
Vinification
Destemmed and cooled to 5°C, soft pressing at 0.6 atm, flotation with nitrogen; fermented in steel at 14 to 15°C for 15 days; sparkling wine made in autoclave with 3 to 4 months of ageing. Residual sugar 15 g/l.
Serving temperature
6 to 8°C

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