Moscato d’Asti
D.O.C.G.
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Wine specs:
Growing location: Neive, Barbaresco wine-growing area, Langhe, Piedmont, Italy.
Cru: “La Punta”
Classification: D.O.C.G. Sweet White
Grape-variety: 100% Moscato
Harvest: the first week of September
Yield: 6 tons/ha
Vinification: moscato is the first variety to be picked here, and the grapes are pressed softly to help extract the aromas from the skins into the free-run juice, which is then separated from the lees by natural settling. The fermentation at a low temperature is interrupted by chilling until the sugars have been partially transformed into alcohol, at around 4.5%. It is then filtered and stabilized, taking special care not to lose the natural CO2 in the wine.
Ageing: after bottling in November, it stays for 15-18 days in the bottle until 20 December, when it becomes one of the first wines to be released on the market.
Technical data
Alcohol: 5.5 %
Residual sugar: 121 g/l
Total acidity: 5.8 g/l
Dry extract: 19 g/l
Tasting notes
Appearance: straw yellow with greenish highlights, bright with a creamy mousse.
Nose: very fine, delicate bouquet of flowers and fruit, showing hawthorn, wild flowers and citrus fruit.
Palate: light and sweet, with fresh and very fine acidity, and a slightly bitterish finish.
Other information
Bottle sizes available: 75 cl
Best served at: 6-8°C (42-46°F)
Food pairings
Fruit: Moscato is a perfect match for natural and exotic fresh fruit, every kind of fruit salad and jelly.
Dessert: cakes with cream, creams, vanilla and biscuits of all kinds.
Ice-cream: all flavours. |