Sparkling
Moscato d'Asti
By Marco Bonfante, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
Sweet, lightly sparkling Moscato d'Asti at 5.5% alcohol, sold in a blue bottle.
Tasting notes
Intense straw yellow with fine, elegant perlage. Fruity, intense and very persistent nose. Sweet and aromatic, with low alcohol balanced by acidity for a pleasant freshness.
Pairs well with
Aperitif and dessert wine; baked desserts, fresh pastries, cakes, pies and fruit tarts.
Technical details
- Style
- Sparkling
- Denomination
- Moscato d'Asti DOCG
- Grape
- Moscato 100%
- Soil
- Calcareous clay marl, with sand and loam
- Harvest
- Second half of September
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot, 5,500 plants per hectare, 65 hl/ha
- Vinification
- Soft-pressed must rests in the tank for some hours, is racked and chilled to 2-3 C. It then ferments at a controlled 16-18 C until it reaches 5.5% alcohol; the CO2 produced by natural fermentation under pressure in the tank creates the perlage.
- Serving temperature
- 6-8 C
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