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A light, crisp brut fizz from the Veneto: Trebbiano and Garganega, 11% alcohol, green apple, pear and a lemon finish. Sold by Virgin Wines at £11.99 and well liked by the people who buy it. Open it as an aperitif or with fried food.
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A light, crisp brut where apple, pear and lemon lead, and a well-liked party fizz. There is no producer tasting note for this label, so the note below is our own reading of the 2024.
Green apple and pear first, then lemon. Behind the fruit sits a soft, yeasty, bread-like edge.
Lemon
Green Apple
Pear
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BiscuitLight and brisk at 11% alcohol, with a fine, lively fizz and a brut dryness that stops short of austere. Garganega gives it a gentle roundness that Trebbiano alone would not: more body than supermarket fizz.
A clean lemon kick, then a short, fresh finish, with a faint biscuit note at the end.
Well-liked party fizz. Drink it as an aperitif or with fried starters, and do not keep it past 2028.
Virgin Wines sells the 2024 at £11.99, two to three pounds under the three Proseccos it sells beside it. The same label also turns up at Ocado and the Mail Wine Club. The price shown here is read from the shop's page.
Top marks for beginners and everyday drinking, strong on value, near zero for the cellar. An £11.99 brut that most of its buyers like is built for parties, not for keeping.
Light, fruity, low in alcohol and dry without being sharp: the kind of fizz people who say they do not like wine still enjoy.
Under £12, 11% alcohol and happy with a bag of crisps or a takeaway: a bottle for an ordinary Friday.
At £11.99 from Virgin Wines it sits two to three pounds under the three Proseccos the shop sells beside it, and most of its buyers like it.
Bright acidity, bubbles and only 11% alcohol make it easy with fried, salty and creamy food; it has too little weight for roasts or red meat.
Good party fizz for a crowd, but a plain Vino Spumante with no appellation is not the bottle to mark a milestone with.
No appellation, no bottle ageing and a shop drinking window that ends in 2028: nothing to gain from keeping it.
Scoring is rule-based and deterministic. The model and weightings are documented in our Wine Fit Score methodology.
Millesimato means one harvest, here 2024. It is at its best now to the end of 2028. A light brut at 11% gains nothing from waiting, so open it young.
Millesimato means the grapes come from one harvest, here 2024. Virgin Wines rates this vintage at its best now to the end of 2028. A light 11% brut gains nothing from waiting, so open it young.
Millesimato means the grapes come from one harvest, here 2024. Virgin Wines rates this vintage at its best now to the end of 2028. A light 11% brut gains nothing from waiting, 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.
Dishes that go with this wine
Green apple, lemon and a light 11% body: this is fizz for salty, fried and creamy food. Pour it as an aperitif and with creamy desserts; the bubbles and the acidity do the cutting.
Bubbles and green-apple acidity scrub the fat off fried batter, and at 11% the wine never fights the food. The finish is a lemon kick, which does the same job a squeeze of lemon does on fried fish.
Try with: Arancini · Gnocco fritto · Fish and Chips · More pairings →
Salt makes the fruit in a brut taste sweeter and its bubbles feel softer. Oysters, smoked salmon, crisps: this is an aperitif fizz first, and most of its buyers like it.
Try with: Oysters · Scottish Smoked Salmon · Salt and pepper prawns · More pairings →
Prawn tempura and nigiri want a light, low-alcohol wine with clean acidity, and this is one: 11%, lemon on the finish. It rinses the palate between pieces without overpowering raw fish.
Try with: Prawn Tempura · Nigiri Sushi · Tempura · More pairings →
Virgin Wines pairs it with creamy desserts. A brut is drier than the pudding, so it reads as a clean, lemony contrast rather than a match. It works with cheesecake and a light trifle, less so with dark chocolate.
Try with: Cheesecake · Trifle · Eton Mess · More pairings →
The wine's lemon finish echoes citrus in the food. Lemon chicken or a lemon-dressed piece of salmon picks up the same note, and the fizz keeps the plate lively.
Try with: Lemon chicken · Salmon
A light 11% brut vanishes next to roast beef or a lamb shank, and chilli heat makes its acidity taste sour. Keep it for the start of the meal, not the main course.
Skip with: Sunday Roast Beef · Lamb shank · Lamb bhuna · Szechuan beef · Pairing guide →
No appellation, no vintage chart and no bottle ageing: Solpiantez Brut is made to be opened within a year or two of buying. Keep it cool and drink it by 2028 at the latest.
Best in the years above; holds without falling over either side.
Pour it straight from the bottle.
No appellation, no bottle ageing and a shop drinking window that ends in 2028: nothing to gain from keeping it.
£11.99 for a 75cl bottle of the 2024, at Virginwines, is the best price we track, and we have no signal of further discounting.
Read directly from each retailer’s public product page once a day. Last refresh: 8 Oct 2026, 03:01 BST. We do not hold stock and we do not accept payment for placement.
Confidence · HighDrawn from what drinkers consistently report on Vivino and Wine-Searcher, summarised in our own words. A crowd read across many tasters, not a single critic.
Confidence · MediumOur 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 · MediumStyle guidance for this kind of wine at this price point. Treat it as advice, not a forecast for the bottle in your hand.
Confidence · MediumNo. Prosecco must be made mainly from the Glera grape in a set area of north-east Italy. Solpiantez is a blend of Trebbiano and Garganega, so it is sold simply as Vino Spumante, with no DOC or IGT behind it. It tastes close to a dry Prosecco, which is why some drinkers call it one.
Umberto Menini is the winemaker, a consultant with a 40-year career who now advises producers in Veneto and Puglia. The same label is filed under Contri Spumanti, a large sparkling-wine house at Cazzano di Tramigna near Verona, built on a business Luciano Contri started in 1959. Solpiantez is a brand, not an estate.
Crisp green apple, pear and a lemon finish, at a light 11% alcohol. Apple, pear and citrus lead, with a soft yeasty note behind them. A well-liked fizz among the people who drink it.
Salty and fried starters, and creamy desserts. It works as an aperitif and with creamy puddings, and it is suitable for vegetarians. The acidity and bubbles cut through fish and chips, tempura, arancini and cheesecake. Keep it away from roast meat and hot curry.
Virgin Wines sells the 2024 at £11.99 a bottle. The same label has also been seen at Ocado and the Mail Wine Club. The price on this page comes from the shop's own listing, so check it before you order.
Drink it by the end of 2028. It is a fresh, light brut with no bottle ageing, so it will not improve. Keep it cool and open it within a year or two.
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