# Moscato d'Asti (Costa Catterina)

> Sweet, Moscato d'Asti DOCG by [Costa Catterina](https://ilvinobello.com/wineries/costa-catterina.md), Roero, Piemonte, Italy. From Il Vino Bello (https://ilvinobello.com/wines/costa-catterina-moscato-d-asti).

- **Producer:** Costa Catterina
- **Style:** Sweet
- **Denomination:** Moscato d'Asti DOCG
- **Grape:** Moscato d'Asti 100%
- **Production area:** Canelli, Castagnole delle Lanze
- **Soil:** Calcareous
- **Exposure:** South-east; 250 m a.s.l.
- **Vineyard planting:** Planted 1985; 4,500 vines per hectare; traditional guyot; yield 100 quintals per hectare
- **Vinification:** Grapes are pressed very gently and the free-run must goes into an autoclave for fermentation at controlled temperature. The wine is then filtered and bottled. Aged in steel; first bottling in December of the harvest year.
- **Serving temperature:** 6 °C
- **Storage:** Best drunk within the harvest year. 5.5% ABV (varies slightly by vintage).
- **Last updated:** 2026-09-30



## Summary

Lightly sparkling sweet white at 5.5% ABV, from Moscato grown around Canelli and Castagnole delle Lanze.

## Tasting notes

Intense straw yellow with golden reflections. Fresh, delicate nose of honey. Sweet and fruity.

## Food pairings

Hazelnut cake, sweets such as panettone, fresh fruit salad.