This was the top offering from Bellavista and the climax of the tasting flight at that annoying importer's tasting. Like the others in their range of sparkling wines, this special cuvee (named after the founder) which is only made in the best years uses just Chardonnay (55%) and Pinot Noir (45%). The base wine is fermented in old oak barriques with the secondary fermentation bottles, both stoppered with cork as opposed to closed with crown caps as is done normally. A total of 8 years bottle aging passes prior to release.
This wine was a pale straw in colour with a few streams of very fine bubbles.There were tuna and bamboo shoot notes on the nose with perhaps a touch of wood. The initial acid prickle leads to an acidic palate and then a soft mousse, going onto a lemony acid backbone which gave good support and structure.
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