# Belvive (Cantine Povero)

> Sparkling, Spumante Extra Dry (Metodo Charmat) by [Cantine Povero](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/cantine-povero.md), Roero, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantine-povero-belvive).

- **Producer:** Cantine Povero
- **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
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

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.

## Food pairings

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