Sweet

Moscato d'Asti

By Barberis, Langhe, Piemonte, Italy

Barberis Moscato d'Asti

Moscato from the family's Bubbio vineyards, 5-5.5% vol.

Tasting notes

Straw yellow with golden reflections. Intense aromatic notes of sage, orange peel, candied fruit and lime. Lively, light and delicious, with a perfect balance of acidity and sugar.

Pairs well with

Can also be paired with savoury food; good young, but reveals a surprising evolution if kept for a few years. In Piedmont: merenda sinoira with Roccaverano DOP and cooked salami, hazelnut cake. In Italy: fried anchovies with mayonnaise, apricot tart, amaretti, panettone, pandoro. Worldwide: sushi and sashimi, tandoori chicken, kebab.

Technical details

Style
Sweet
Denomination
Moscato d'Asti DOCG
Grape
Moscato 100%
Production area
Bubbio (AT), about 230 m above sea level
Soil
Tufaceous (calcareous, per the older page)
Exposure
South
Harvest
Second ten days of October (the older page says first or second ten days of September), hand-picked
Vineyard planting
Guyot (simple counter-espalier), 4,000 vines/ha; planted 1976 (per the older page)
Vinification
About 15-20 hours of skin maceration in a pneumatic press to extract the primary aromas, then fermentation at controlled temperature until 5-5.5% vol. alcohol. After sterile filtration the wine is bottled and stored in dedicated rooms at a temperature that preserves its freshness.
Serving temperature
8-10 °C

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