Top 100 wines of Bellet
Discover the top 100 best wines of Bellet of Bellet as well as the best winemakers in the region. Explore the varietals of the wines that are popular of Bellet and the best vintages to taste in this region.
Discovering the wine region of Bellet
Bellet is a small appellation for red, white and rosé wines from the hills around Nice, in the Provence region of southeastern France. Despite Provence's penchant for rosé, a balanced blend of all three colours is produced under the name Bellet. Nice's proximity to the Italian border - and thus to the western vineyards of Liguria and Piedmont - is reflected in the style of Bellet wines and particularly in the Grape varieties used in their production. Bellet's key white grape variety is Vermentino, a variety that originated in Liguria, but which now accounts for 60% of all Bellet white wine.
The traditional Provençal name for Vermentino is Rolle, but the recent rise of this grape has been under its Italian name, so that many producers (and even the appellation's legal documents) now call it Vermentino. The two main varieties used in Bellet's red and rosé wines, Braquet and Fuella Nera (aka Folle Noire or Jurancon Noir), also have a distinct Italian note. Some believe that Braquet is the same grape as Brachetto, a common grape in Piedmont, while Fuella Nera is actually Folle Noire hiding under an Italian synonym. The name Provence is another link to the Italian link, being a modern, shortened form of Provincia Nostra.
News from the vineyard of Bellet
Remembering Clive Coates MW, an authority on Burgundy and Bordeaux
The world of fine wine was saddened this weekend at the news of the passing of the widely loved wine authority Clive Coates MW. Few, if any, Masters of Wine exhibited the spontaneous generosity and amiable disposition that Clive Coates displayed throughout his long and illustrious career. His generosity with his time was remarkable given the breadth of his activities. Personally, I will always be grateful for his encouragement while I was preparing for the MW exam and again when publishing my fi ...
At the heart of the terroirs of Mâcon-Montbellet
Sequence from the video « At the heart of the Mâcon terroir » which offer a stroll at the heart of the Mâcon terroir. It offers a focus on Mâcon-Montbellet, one of the 27 geographical denominations of the Mâcon appellation. Travel through the terroirs of the Mâcon appellation by watching the full video : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GF20y1aBZh8 Both are availablein French and English. Our social media: Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/BourgogneWines Twitter: https://twitter.com/BourgogneW ...
Stephen Brook: ‘It is astonishing how rapidly changes can take place in the Bordeaux region’
My book The Complete Bordeaux, which has been revised every five years, is soon to be published in its fourth edition. This may seem like excessive haste, given the scope of the book, but it is astonishing how rapidly changes can take place in the region. Burgundy, in contrast, is relatively stable, since most properties are family-owned and tend to stay that way. But not so in Bordeaux, where there are ample opportunities for newcomers to acquire established properties, as they have been doing ...