Sweet
Moscato d'Asti
By Il Botolo, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
A sweet, lightly sparkling 100% Moscato from 25-year-old vines on clay and marl, with peach, apricot and meringue.
Tasting notes
Straw yellow. Fresh, intense, fruity aroma of yellow peach, apricot and meringue. Sweet, soft and pleasantly lively on the palate.
Pairs well with
Best at the end of a meal, with dry pastries, tarts, spoon desserts and fruit salads.
Technical details
- Style
- Sweet
- Denomination
- Moscato d'Asti DOCG
- Grape
- Moscato 100%
- Production area
- 210 m above sea level, 3.52 ha
- Soil
- Clay and marl
- Exposure
- Various
- Vineyard planting
- 4,600 vines per hectare, guyot training, vines over 25 years old
- Vinification
- Grapes picked by hand. Cuvée in stainless steel for the sparkling fermentation, then 4 months of ageing in steel. Bottled in 750 ml burgundy-shape bottles.
- Serving temperature
- 6 to 8 °C, in a large coupe glass
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