Bellini

A Venetian aperitivo of chilled Prosecco poured over fresh white peach purée in a roughly two-to-one pour, stirred just enough to marry without flattening the bubbles. Pale rose-gold and lightly sweet, it carries the soft stone-fruit aroma of summer peaches. Giuseppe Cipriani devised it at Harry's Bar in Venice in the late 1930s or 1940s, naming it for the rosy tones of a Giovanni Bellini painting.

Stone FruitBrunchClassicLow ABV

Ingredients

  • 1.5 ozPeach Purée
  • 3 ozProsecco(chilled)

Preparation

built · Champagne Flute · None

  1. 1.

    add

    Pour the white peach purée into a chilled Champagne flute.

  2. 2.

    top

    Add the chilled Prosecco in a roughly 2:1 ratio of sparkling wine to purée.

  3. 3.

    stir

    Stir very gently to combine without knocking out the bubbles; serve straight up, no garnish.

Flavor Profile

fizz
55%
fruity
53%
sweet
33%
dilution
27%
floral
27%
body
19%