Sweet
L'Avìja
By Cascina Barisél, Asti, Piemonte, Italy
A sweet wine from over-ripe Moscato dried on racks, first made after a year when part of the crop was left on the vines. 375 ml bottle.
Tasting notes
Golden yellow; acacia flowers, honey, hazelnut, dates and raisins. Sweet, rich and enveloping, with a long, refined finish.
Pairs well with
Dry pastries and hazelnut cake, aged or blue cheeses, duck pâté, spiced dishes such as lamb tagine or vegetable curry.
Technical details
- Style
- Sweet
- Denomination
- Vino da uve moscato surmature
- Grape
- Moscato Bianco 100%
- Production area
- Canelli, mid-slope
- Soil
- Calcareous, marly
- Exposure
- South
- Harvest
- Hand-picked into crates with selection; grapes dried on horizontal racks
- Vinification
- Freshly picked grapes dry on horizontal racks, then are pressed; the must ferments slowly for 3 months in oak barrique at controlled temperature; at least 6 months in bottle. Alcohol 13%, sugar 190 g/l, 375 ml.
- Serving temperature
- 10/12 °C
- Storage
- Keep in a cool place away from heat and light.
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