# Ribota (Boeri Vini)

> Sweet, Moscato d'Asti DOCG by [Boeri Vini](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/boeri-alfonso.md), Asti, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/boeri-alfonso-ribota).

- **Producer:** Boeri Vini
- **Style:** Sweet
- **Denomination:** Moscato d'Asti DOCG
- **Grape:** Moscato 100%
- **Production area:** Boeri's own vineyards
- **Soil:** Calcareous base, mixed clay
- **Exposure:** South/south-east
- **Harvest:** Thinning at the end of July; manual harvest, the finest bunches into small wooden crates
- **Vineyard planting:** 5,500 vines per hectare, 29 to 31 years old, Guyot, 9,000 kg per hectare
- **Vinification:** Gentle pressing; fermentation in pressure-controlled vessels at low temperature. 3 months in 5,000-litre steel vessels with electronically controlled temperature.
- **Serving temperature:** 12 °C
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-08



## Summary

A sweet, effervescent Moscato d'Asti named after the Piedmontese 'fare una ribota', to gather with friends and celebrate. About 12,000 bottles a year at 5.5% vol, suggested cellaring of 1 to 2 years.

## Tasting notes

Intense hay yellow. Perfume of spring flowers and honeyed melon and apricot; lightly sweet with frothy effervescence and a light body. Aromatic notes: sage, honey, apple, citrus.

## Food pairings

Desserts and increasingly as an aperitif: zabaione, strawberry fruit salad, fruit cake, cornmeal biscuits.