Sweet
Turna Lunga
By Bel Colle, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy
Moscato d'Asti from the steep Turna Lunga vineyard in Santo Stefano Belbo, 5.5% alcohol.
Tasting notes
Sweet and delicately sparkling, with light aromas of acacia honey, lime blossom and sage. Ripe apricot and gooseberry on the palate, with delicious acidity refreshing the finish.
Pairs well with
Fruit and pastries, ideal with hazelnut cake
Technical details
- Style
- Sweet
- Denomination
- Moscato d'Asti DOCG
- Grape
- Moscato Bianco 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Turna Lunga
- Production area
- Santo Stefano Belbo, Valdivilla
- Soil
- Clayey-calcareous, sandy limestone
- Exposure
- East and south-facing
- Harvest
- August, hand-picked in crates with carbonic ice
- Vineyard planting
- 3.5 hectares, planted from 1961; about 6,000 vines per hectare; altitude 280-360 m; average slope 35%
- Vinification
- Non-oxygenated vinification at 15°C for 5 days in steel tanks, 2 months on native yeasts.
- Serving temperature
- 8°C
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