Sweet
Maggiorina
By Massimo Rivetti, Barbaresco, Piemonte, Italy
Named after an ancestor of the Rivetti family, one of the first to plant Moscato in Neive. Grown on the Serraboella hill, with a good acidity-to-sugar balance that keeps it fresh and fragrant.
Technical details
- Style
- Sweet
- Denomination
- Moscato d'Asti DOCG
- Grape
- Moscato 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- Serraboella
- Production area
- Neive
- Soil
- Mixed chalky clay
- Exposure
- South-west
- Harvest
- First week of September
- Vineyard planting
- 10 ha (24.7 ac) at 380 m above sea level, one of the oldest Moscato vineyards in the area, average vine age 40 to 45 years, yield 10,000 kg/ha
- Vinification
- Fermented in temperature-controlled stainless steel at 14C/57F for 6-8 days. Aged 4 months in stainless steel.
- Serving temperature
- 6C/43F, tight tulip glass
- Storage
- Store bottles vertically. Drinking life 3 to 5 years.
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