Sweet
Giardino
By Paolo Berta, Nizza, Piemonte, Italy
A Moscato d'Asti at 5.5% alcohol from vines 40 to 60 years old on white soils.
Tasting notes
Pale, almost golden yellow. Typical Muscat aroma, floral and fruity with yellow apple; sweet, aromatic, with an aftertaste of honey and ripe fruit.
Pairs well with
Dry and sweet creams, fresh and dried fruit especially hazelnut, medium-mature cheeses
Technical details
- Style
- Sweet
- Denomination
- Moscato d'Asti DOCG
- Grape
- Moscato
- Cru / vineyard
- Il Giardino
- Production area
- Nizza Monferrato (AT)
- Soil
- Marl, sands and sandstone
- Exposure
- South-west, Giardino and Crivellina vineyards
- Harvest
- Hand harvest from end of August to September
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot; vines 40 to 60 years old; about 5,000 vines per hectare; 260 m
- Vinification
- Gently pressed, fermented at a controlled 20 °C up to 5.5% alcohol, 3 months in steel; best drunk young.
- Serving temperature
- 8 to 12 °C
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