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Brezza Bianca Spumante Prosecco

Own label of Laithwaites

Grape
Glera
Denomination
Prosecco DOC
Region
Veneto
ABV
10.5%
Body
Light to medium
Drink
Now to 2028

A Laithwaites Prosecco DOC made by the Tombacco family from their own Glera. Twenty days on lees give it a soft, creamy fizz over lemon, green apple and a hint of tropical fruit, at 10.5% and under £9. Chill it well for aperitifs and light dishes.

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Tasting Notes

Lemon, green apple and a creamy mousse: tasting Brezza Bianca

Laithwaites' own notes for this Tombacco family Prosecco lead with lemon and tangy-fresh apple, then a hint of tropical fruit. Twenty days on the lees before the sparkle is added give it the soft, creamy mousse. Vivino's tasters rate it 3.6 out of 5.

Tasted by
ItalianWines editorial (style guidance)
Tasted on
14 September 2026
Source
Style guidance · confidence Medium
Taste profile
Body Light / Full
Tannins Smooth / Grippy
Sweetness Dry / Sweet
Acidity Soft / Crisp
Nose

Lemon and tangy-fresh apple lead, the fruits Laithwaites' own note names for this Tombacco family bottling. Behind them sits a hint of tropical fruit, closer to pineapple than mango, and a faint bready note from the 20 days the base wine spent on its lees.

Citrusy fruitCitrusy fruit
LemonLemon
Green AppleGreen Apple
PineapplePineapple
BriocheBrioche
Palate

Soft and creamy rather than sharp, with a fine, gentle mousse. Laithwaites calls it dry and Vivino lists it as Extra Dry, the Prosecco term for a touch of sugar softening the fizz; either way it tastes fresh rather than sweet. At 10.5% it sits light on the tongue, with the apple and lemon carrying through.

Finish

Short and clean, ending on lemon zest and the faint creamy note those 20 days of resting before the sparkle leave behind. It does not linger, which is right for an aperitif fizz.

Overall

An everyday Laithwaites own-label Prosecco, made by the Tombacco family for chilling hard and opening without ceremony. Vivino's tasters give it 3.6 out of 5 from 43 ratings, a fair mark for a soft, lemony fizz under £9: pleasant rather than memorable.

Drink now Best by 2028
Wine fit score

How Brezza Bianca scores as a party and aperitif fizz

It scores high for everyday drinking and for beginners, because it is soft, low in alcohol and under £9. It scores low as a cellar wine: tank-made Prosecco is meant to be drunk young.

Best everyday bottle 9.0/10

Under £9, low in alcohol and made for chilling hard on an ordinary evening.

Best intro to this style 8.8/10

Soft, fruity and only 10.5% alcohol, made in tank for freshness: the easiest kind of Italian fizz to start with.

Best with food 7.2/10

A soft, lemony aperitif fizz: strong with fried and salty nibbles and light starters, too light for main courses.

Best for an occasion 3.5/10

A party pour rather than a celebration bottle: no vintage, no DOCG and no long ageing behind it.

Best for cellar 1.0/10

Tank-made Prosecco DOC is built to drink young, and there is no vintage or long cellar time to develop. Buy it to open, not to keep.

Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.

Denomination Compliance Snapshot

Prosecco in five fields

A compact view of what the Prosecco denomination actually requires, and how this bottle sits inside it. Pulled from the official Italian disciplinare.

Allowed grapes
5 varieties listed
This bottle: Glera.
Minimum ageing
No statutory minimum
Producers release on their own schedule; 4 to 6 months in steel is typical.
Region / area
Nine provinces of Veneto and Friuli: Belluno, Gorizia, Padova, Pordenone, Treviso, Trieste, Udine, Venezia, Vicenza
Source: Disciplinare.
Style
DOC · Prosecco
Minimum ABV at this colour: 11.0%.
Classification
DOC (Denominazione di Origine Controllata)
Vintages

Brezza Bianca is a non-vintage Prosecco

There is no year on the label. Prosecco DOC is made in tank and bottled young, so each release tastes of the freshest base wine rather than of a particular harvest. Buy it to open rather than to keep.

NV Non-vintage
Lowest price
not listed
Retailers
0 in stock
ABV
10.5%
Window
Drink now through 2028

Non-vintage. Laithwaites suggests drinking this bottling by the end of 2028, and tank-made Prosecco DOC is built for freshness, so open it young.

Drink-now / hold guidance reflects general style cues for this wine, not a forecast for a specific bottle. Where vintage-level editorial notes exist, they appear above.

The disciplinare, the place, the label

Prosecco DOC, the Tombacco family and where Brezza Bianca sits

Prosecco DOC is Italy's biggest sparkling wine: 667 million bottles in 2025 by the Consorzio's count, from nine provinces of the Veneto and Friuli. Its 11% minimum is total alcohol, which counts the sugar left in the wine, so a 10.5% Extra Dry still meets it. The Tombacco family date their winery to 1919, when Giovanni Battista Tombacco started farming in the Veneto.

01

DOC, DOCG, IGT: what the badges mean

Italian wine law sorts bottles into a pyramid. DOCG sits at the top: tightly drawn boundaries, prescribed grapes, mandatory ageing, government tasting before release. DOC is the same idea with looser thresholds. IGT (Indicazione Geografica Tipica) is broader still, requiring only that 85% of the grapes come from the named territory.

Prosecco is in the DOC tier. That is not a quality verdict, it is a description of how much freedom the producer has at vinification and ageing.

02

The denomination rules, in detail

  • Allowed grapes. 5 varieties listed in the disciplinare
  • Yield ceiling. 18.0 tonnes per hectare
  • Minimum ABV. 11.0% vol
  • Minimum ageing. No statutory minimum - producers release on their own schedule
  • Tasting panel. No mandatory pre-release tasting
03

Region and area context

Prosecco falls within Veneto, covering Nine provinces of Veneto and Friuli: Belluno, Gorizia, Padova, Pordenone, Treviso, Trieste, Udine, Venezia, Vicenza. The denomination is further divided into 2 sub-zones.

Prosecco DOC zone Wine route in the zone

Wine route in the zone: Strada del Prosecco.

04

Reading the label

  • GleraGrape varieties
  • Prosecco DOCGeographic indication and quality tier
  • 10.5% vol · 75 clAlcohol by volume and bottle size
Food Pairing

Nibbles and light dishes for a lemony Prosecco

At 10.5% with a soft mousse and lemony fruit, Brezza Bianca is an aperitif wine first. Laithwaites suggests light dishes, and Vivino lists shellfish, cured meats and snacks.

Acidity matching Strong match

Fried nibbles and arancini

The lemony acidity and gentle fizz scrub the oil from fried food, so each bite tastes fresh again. That is the classic job for a soft, citrusy Prosecco DOC like Brezza Bianca. It works better the hotter and crisper the food is.

Try with: Arancini · Gnocco fritto · Panzerotti · Prawn Tempura · Fish and Chips · More pairings →

Salt balance Good match

Cured meats and salty cheese

Salt makes the lemon and apple in the glass taste sweeter and rounder, while the bubbles lift the fat of cured ham or a hard cheese. Vivino lists cured meat among the matches for this Prosecco.

Try with: Frico · Pecorino sardo e pan carasau · Lucanica · Melton Mowbray Pork Pie · More pairings →

Fat cutting Good match

Creamy seafood starters

A creamy Prosecco at a low 10.5% slides under rich seafood rather than fighting it, and the fizz cuts the richness. Laithwaites suggests light dishes for Brezza Bianca, and creamed salt cod is the Venetian classic.

Try with: Baccala Mantecato · Impepata di cozze · Fregula ai frutti di mare · Mussels · Potted Shrimp · More pairings →

Aromatic bridge Good match

Fresh tomato, basil and mozzarella

Green apple and lemon in the glass echo the sweet acidity of ripe tomato, and the soft mousse suits mild mozzarella. A caprese salad or a plain margherita is the easy weeknight match for a light Prosecco.

Try with: Insalata Caprese · Pizza Margherita · Focaccia Genovese · Pappa al Pomodoro · More pairings →

Body matching Good match

Light chicken and vegetable dishes

At 10.5% and light in body, Brezza Bianca matches delicate food. Roast chicken or a spring risotto keep the wine's lemon and apple in front instead of burying them under a heavy sauce.

Try with: Risi e bisi · Roast chicken · Vitello Tonnato · Pumpkin risotto · More pairings →

Avoid Clash

Skip hot curries and sweet puddings

Chilli heat makes a light, low-alcohol fizz taste thin and sharp, and a pudding sweeter than the wine strips out its fruit. Save Brezza Bianca for savoury nibbles.

Skip with: Chicken madras · Green curry · Szechuan beef · Sticky Toffee Pudding · Tiramisu · Pairing guide →

Drinking + cellar
Drinking window
2026 → 2028

Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.

Decanting
no

A short splash decant softens the first-pour edge and opens the aromatics.

Cellar potential
Low

Tank-made Prosecco DOC is built to drink young, and there is no vintage or long cellar time to develop. Buy it to open, not to keep.

Sources & trust

Where the Brezza Bianca facts come from

Who owns this label

The name on the label belongs to Laithwaites, a shop, not to a winery. Laithwaites names the Tombacco family as the makers. How we tell estate, shop and brand labels apart.

Confidence · High
Tasting notes

A style read drawn from the grape and the appellation, not from this exact bottle. We mark these notes openly so you know what you are reading.

Confidence · Medium
Appellation rules & ageing

From the official Italian disciplinare for this denomination, cross-checked against the Ministry of Agriculture register.

Confidence · High
Why it costs what it costs

Our reading of the price, drawn from the disciplinare, public UK duty rates, and typical landed-cost benchmarks. Not a quote from the producer or a retailer.

Confidence · Medium
Drink window & cellar potential

Style guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.

Confidence · Medium
Related

Glera, Prosecco DOC and the Veneto: what links to Brezza Bianca

Common Questions

Laithwaites sells Brezza Bianca as its own label and says the Tombacco family make it from their estate-grown Glera. The family dates its winery to 1919, when Giovanni Battista Tombacco started farming in the Veneto, and his grandsons Cristian and Andrea run the current business.

Fresh rather than sweet. Vivino lists it as Extra Dry, which in Prosecco means a touch of sugar softening the fizz. Laithwaites describes a creamy mousse with lemon, apple and a hint of tropical fruit at 10.5% alcohol.

Lemon and tangy green apple first, then a hint of tropical fruit and a soft, creamy mousse. Laithwaites says the winemaker left the base wine on its lees for 20 days before adding the sparkle, which is where the creaminess comes from.

It costs £8.99 a bottle at Laithwaites, or £6.99 a bottle when you mix 12 or more. It is a Laithwaites exclusive, so it is sold through Laithwaites and its sister shops rather than on the high street.

Light dishes and nibbles. Its lemony fizz suits arancini, a caprese salad, creamed salt cod and mussels, and Vivino lists shellfish, cured meats and aperitif snacks as its matches.

Drink it young. Laithwaites suggests drinking this bottling by the end of 2028. Prosecco DOC made in tank is built for freshness, so the fizz and the lemony fruit are at their best within a year or two of buying.

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