Sweet
Bricco Lu
By Cascina Ciuché, Monferrato, Piemonte, Italy
A Moscato d'Asti from the Bricco Lu hill, the highest point of the estate, where a giant bench now looks out over a 360° view. Remo Dogliotti was the first grower in the valley to plant Moscato.
Tasting notes
Straw yellow of varying intensity. Fragrant, characteristic aromatic nose. Sweet, aromatic and gently sparkling.
Technical details
- Style
- Sweet
- Denomination
- Moscato d'Asti DOCG
- Grape
- Moscato Bianco
- Cru / vineyard
- Bricco Lu
- Production area
- Valcioccaro, Costigliole d'Asti
- Soil
- Calcareous clay
- Exposure
- South-west (Bricco Lu), hillside
- Harvest
- Picked by hand into small crates in early September
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot, 4,000 vines/ha, 230-250 m altitude; vines about 20 years old; yield 80-90 quintals/ha
- Vinification
- Gentle pneumatic pressing of whole bunches. The juice is held in steel tanks at -2°C, then slowly fermented in pressure tanks at controlled temperature to about 5% abv, trapping some of the CO2 for a natural light fizz. Microfiltered before bottling to stop fermentation. 5.5% abv.
- Serving temperature
- 8-10°C, well chilled
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