# Passito Fantasia (Cantina Riboli)

> Sweet, Piemonte Moscato Vendemmia Tardiva DOCG by [Cantina Riboli](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/cantina-riboli.md), Asti, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/cantina-riboli-passito-fantasia).

- **Producer:** Cantina Riboli
- **Style:** Sweet
- **Denomination:** Piemonte Moscato Vendemmia Tardiva DOCG
- **Grape:** Moscato
- **Production area:** Sessame
- **Soil:** Clayey
- **Harvest:** Beginning of September
- **Vineyard planting:** Guyot training; vines 38 years old on average
- **Vinification:** Grapes are harvested in crates and dried on racks for about 60 days, then destemmed by hand bunch by bunch and fermented in steel with indigenous yeasts and no added sulphites. The wine is filtered through Irish bags and aged 18 months in used barriques. About 200 bottles a year, numbered by hand. Alcohol 15%, bottle 375 ml.
- **Serving temperature:** 18-20°C
- **Last updated:** 2026-10-08



## Summary

A late-harvest Moscato dried on racks for about 60 days and aged 18 months in used barriques. About 200 numbered half-bottles a year.

## Tasting notes

Amber yellow. Complex, intense nose of raisins, orange and candied peach, with tertiary notes from the long ageing in wood. Consistent and sweet, yet fresh on nose and palate.

## Food pairings

Aged cheeses with jams, or a hazelnut cake.