Sweet
Albarosa
By Beppe Marino, Langhe, Piemonte, Italy
A Moscato passito named after Rosalba, who selects and dries the grapes. Barrique-fermented, 11.5% alcohol, 150 g/l sugar.
Tasting notes
Deep golden yellow. Aromatic with notes of dried Moscato grapes, honey, vanilla, sage, musk, linden and rosemary. Sweet, warm and complex with good structure.
Pairs well with
A noble dessert wine, excellent with fermented cheeses such as gorgonzola, or on its own as a meditation wine; also with torrone, amaretti and small dry pastries.
Technical details
- Style
- Sweet
- Denomination
- Piemonte DOC Moscato Passito
- Grape
- Moscato Bianco 100%
- Production area
- Piemonte, Langhe, commune of Santo Stefano Belbo (CN)
- Vinification
- Selected grapes are dried on rows sheltered from rain, then soft-pressed with cryomaceration for 2 days. The must is filtered and fermentation starts at 16 C; at about 2 degrees of alcohol the wine goes into barriques to finish fermenting and age, for a time that depends on the vintage. It then rests 2 months in steel before sterile bottling.
- Serving temperature
- 12-14 C
- Storage
- Store the bottle horizontally
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