Sweet
Piemonte Moscato Passito
By Tenuta Il Falchetto, Langhe, Piemonte, Italy
A passito Moscato dried on the vine and aged about 24 months in barrique.
Tasting notes
Intense straw yellow with golden highlights. Ripe and dried fruit, figs and apricots. Sweet but balanced by good acidity, full-bodied and fresh.
Pairs well with
Dry pastries and cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Sweet
- Denomination
- Piemonte DOC Moscato Passito
- Grape
- Moscato Bianco 100%
- Production area
- Santo Stefano Belbo
- Soil
- Sand, limestone and sandstone marl
- Exposure
- South-east and south-west; 280 m (Tenuta Ciombo)
- Harvest
- Hand-picked
- Vinification
- Bunches dry on the vine after a partial cut of the fruiting cane. Gently pressed, the must ferments in 2.25 hL barriques, where the wine matures for about 24 months.
- Serving temperature
- 10-12°C
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