# Mosto Parzialmente Fermentato Bianco (Barberis)

> Sweet by [Barberis](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/barberis.md), Langhe, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/barberis-mosto-parzialmente-fermentato-bianco).

- **Producer:** Barberis
- **Style:** Sweet
- **Grape:** Moscato 100%
- **Production area:** Bubbio (AT)
- **Soil:** Calcareous
- **Exposure:** South
- **Harvest:** First or second ten days of September, depending on the vintage; hand-picked
- **Vineyard planting:** Single-wire trellis with Guyot pruning; vines planted in 1976
- **Vinification:** 15 to 20 hours of skin maceration in a pneumatic press for greater extraction of primary aromas. Fermentation at a controlled 15-17 °C with selected yeasts until 5 to 5.5% alcohol is reached, then sterile filtration before bottling to prevent refermentation. 3 to 4 months in steel tanks and 1 month of rest in bottle.
- **Serving temperature:** 8-10°C
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-04



## Summary

A partially fermented Moscato must from Bubbio, kept at 5 to 5.5% alcohol. The producer describes it as lively and sweet, and suggests it as a dessert wine.

## Tasting notes

Bright straw yellow with golden reflections. Fine, lively and persistent aroma, intensely aromatic and delicate, recalling yellow peach, ripe apricot, Kaiser pear, sage and thyme. Full on the palate, sweet but not cloying, with a pleasant note of ripe apricot.

## Food pairings

A typical dessert wine: pair with desserts, fruit, ice cream and dry pastries.