Reviews
James Suckling 93
Almonds, baked pears, salted caramel and bread dough on the nose of this delicious sparkling. It's medium-bodied with silky, fine bubbles and delicious nutty and pastry flavors that evolve to a long, elegant finish with salty and mineral undertones. 86% chardonnay, 13% pinot nero and 1% pinot bianco.
by JS, James Suckling , 2025
Wine Spectator 93
An elegant Franciacorta, with the refined, pointillismlike mousse, well-honed acidity and subtle streak of salinity framing flavors of poached white cherry, yellow plum, Meyer lemon peel and pickled ginger, plus a touch of toasted brioche. Hints of smoke, oyster shell and spices play on the lingering finish. Chardonnay, Pinot Nero and Pinot Bianco.
by AN, Wine Spectator , 2025
Technical Details
Estate
This estate makes Italy's finest sparkling wines from the Franciacorta zone in a natural amphitheatre. The glacial soil is full of stones, and provides the ideal environment for the Chardonnay and Pinot Noir grapes used in the production of their Franciacorta. Bellavista, meaning 'beautiful view' in Italian, was founded by Vittorio Moretti in the early 1970s, with the first vintage produced in 1979. In 1981, he met a young winemaker, Mattia Vezzola and this partnership transformed Bellavista into Italy's leading producer of quality sparkling wine.
Harvest
Manual
Harvest diary
The winter of 2022 featured unusually mild and dry weather, a trend that also marked the spring months. At the end of March – with a slight delay compared to the previous year – the vines began to bud, ushering in a growing season that saw rapid and concentrated flowering, mainly in the second half of May. The absence of rainfall in the first months of the year affected the vintage in two ways: it fostered very healthy grapes, protecting them from disease, and encouraged the vines to be more adaptable, particularly in sparse soil.
Starting in mid-June, the summer displayed decidedly hot traits, with high temperatures. The rains, although rare, arrived at the most opportune
moments: those of 28th and 29th July, in particular, helped to re-establish water balance within the soils, supporting the continuation of ripening. The vines continued their cycle without interruption, exhibiting lively, green foliage, a sign of vegetative health that remained excellent right up to the harvest.
The 2022 harvest started early, on 8th August, fostered by lower temperatures that preserved freshness and aromatic finesse in the bunches. It ended on 24th August, at the end of a season that demanded attention and interpretative sensitivity, but which was able to reward the most balanced vineyards – particularly the most mature ones, whose roots, reaching deep down into the soil, found precious resources to support the vines in the driest periods. The result is a vintage with great elegance and structure, capable of coherently narrating a territory that knows the strength of resilience and the harmony of natural balance.
Tasting notes
Brilliant yellow color. Very fine and persistent, it is enveloped in a creamy, punctiform bubble. A subtle aromatic profile unfolds in a subtle interplay of Mediterranean flowers, citrus notes, delicate balsamic notes, sweet spices. It boasts freshness in an exceptible balance of contrasts between tension and expressive richness, traced in the pure Bellavista style. A wine that encompasses all the variability of nature, combining on tasting the terroir the grape variety, the plurality of vintages composing it. Balanced, gentle, structured, it reveals complexity and fragrance on the palate, modelled on a precious sapid-mineral vein. Pomelo, white plum, delicate brushstrokes of wildflower honey, candied yellow citrus fruits, are the synthesis of a delicious and well-defined palate, with a prolonged gustative length.
