Sweet
Moscato d'Asti
By Cantina Sant'Evasio, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
A traditional Moscato d'Asti from the estate's San Nicolao vineyard on calcareous marl.
Tasting notes
Straw yellow with light golden highlights. Intense bouquet, typical of the grape, with notes of peach, sage and lemon and an acacia-flower finish. Sweet, intense, delicate palate with good natural effervescence.
Pairs well with
Baked desserts and low-density leavened desserts, especially fruit-based ones; also suggested with zabaglione, panna cotta, cream-rich Piemontese desserts, Milanese panettone, Veronese pandoro and Mombaruzzo's amaretti.
Technical details
- Style
- Sweet
- Denomination
- Moscato d'Asti D.O.C.G.
- Grape
- Moscato 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- San Nicolao
- Production area
- San Nicolao hill, Nizza Monferrato
- Soil
- Calcareous marl
- Harvest
- Early September
- Vinification
- Grapes pressed to must, immediately chilled to zero degrees to prevent fermentation, then clarified of solids and kept at a constant near-zero temperature in autoclave. The must is then warmed to 18°C and selected yeasts added; fermentation is stopped by refrigeration once the wine reaches 4.5-5.5% abv, then filtered and bottled.
- Serving temperature
- 6-8°C, served in dessert-wine coupes; best drunk within a year of bottling
- Storage
- Within a year of bottling for the best fruit character
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