Sweet
Sagittabondo
By Borgo Moncalvo, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
The estate's Loazzolo DOC sweet wine from 1940s vineyards, 11 to 12% vol. (18 to 20% potential), sold in 0.375 l bottles.
Pairs well with
Excellent with aged and blue cheeses, chocolate (dark and chilli) and dry pastries.
Technical details
- Style
- Sweet
- Denomination
- Loazzolo DOC
- Production area
- Loazzolo
- Exposure
- South-east and south, slopes of 80 to 100%
- Harvest
- Grapes selected bunch by bunch, partly dried on the vine and partly in a fruit loft, and vinified in December
- Vineyard planting
- Selected plots planted in the 1940s, with more than 6,000 vines per hectare.
- Vinification
- After a long fermentation, ageing lasts several years, much of it in oak barriques, and the wine stays at least 12 months in bottle before release.
- Serving temperature
- 10 to 12 C
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