900wine Gran Cuvée Blanc de Blancs: An Honest €17 Verdict

Part 1 of 3 in the 900wine Prosecco Series.

Honest: Prosecco and I aren’t close friends. Most bottles under twenty euros taste thin and sweet. When Erwin at De Bigondier sent me this 900wine Gran Cuvée, I hoped for something better.

It didn’t get better. It just got slightly different.

The bottle

The blend is 60% Glera, 40% Chardonnay. That’s unusual for Prosecco; most bottles lean fully on Glera. Adding Chardonnay sounds ambitious. Whether it works at this price is another question.

900wine sits in Treviso, at the foot of the Dolomites. Hand-picked, in-house production, classic Prosecco territory. That all looks good on the label.

Tasting Note

Tasting Note

Appearance

Pale yellow with greenish reflections and fine, steady bubbles. Visually, it looks the part.

Nose

First concerns emerge here. The nose presents immediately sweet notes: bruised apple, the kind that’s been sitting in your fruit bowl too long. Apple, pear, hints of citrus, but accompanied by a slightly chemical edge and a candied quality that made me hesitate before the first sip.

Palate

The wine delivers precisely what the price suggests: straightforward, fruity, fresh. Apple, some floral notes, a touch of citrus. Main critique: it lacks tension. The acidity is low, creating a somewhat flat, one-dimensional experience. Minimal complexity, no real evolution from start to finish. The mousse is okay, nothing special.

Finish

Short and simple. Doesn’t linger or develop.

Quality

Is it terrible? No. Is it exciting? Also no. Honest wine at an honest price: drinkable, inoffensive, functional. The reliable sedan of Prosecco. Gets you where you need to go without any thrills.

What it pairs with

The low acidity makes this bottle unsuitable for anything that needs cutting through. It works best where it doesn’t have to stand out.

Good matches: Aperol Spritz or Bellini (the cocktail does the work), bruschetta with tomato, fresh mozzarella, mimosas at a brunch.

Avoid: oily fish, cream sauces, hard cheeses. It drowns there.

Serve at 6 to 8 degrees, cold enough to soften the sweet nose.

€17, and then what

At this price you don’t compete with Champagne or Franciacorta. You compete with Zonin, Mionetto, Spanish Cava and entry-level Crémant. In that field, a good Cava is almost always more interesting: more acid, more bite, comparable price.

The Chardonnay addition here doesn’t make the wine better than its peers. It just makes it slightly different. Whether that’s worth €1 more depends on how much “Italian” matters to you.

Final verdict

Drinkable. Functional. Not stupid. But also no reason to call your friends.

For cocktails, brunches and big groups, it does the job. If you want a Prosecco to drink straight from the glass, skip this one and put the €8 toward the DOC Rosé from part 2.

Rating: 3 out of 5.

Wine details

Producer

900wine

Region

Treviso, Veneto, Italy

Grapes

60% Glera, 40% Chardonnay

Classification

Spumante

Alcohol

11% ABV

Price

€16.99

Sources

• Producer (official site)
• Consorzio di Tutela Prosecco DOC: prosecco.wine
• Consorzio Conegliano Valdobbiadene Prosecco DOCG: prosecco.it