Sweet
D'Ampess
By Pietro Rinaldi, Alba, Piemonte, Italy
D'Ampess is Pietro Rinaldi's Moscato d'Asti DOCG from vineyards in Madonna di Como.
Tasting notes
Straw yellow with green reflections. Nose of white flowers and peach. Elegant, sweet and aromatic with wide, intense notes of fresh fruit and acacia honey.
Pairs well with
Typical Piedmontese hazelnut cake and other desserts; also good with fresh cheeses.
Technical details
- Style
- Sweet
- Denomination
- Moscato d'Asti DOCG
- Grape
- Moscato 100%
- Cru / vineyard
- D'Ampess
- Production area
- Madonna di Como, hamlet of Alba; altitude between 340 and 380 m a.s.l.
- Soil
- White marl with limestone and clay
- Exposure
- East
- Harvest
- Around the first half of September, hand-picked
- Vineyard planting
- Guyot pruning; yield of 9000 kg/ha
- Vinification
- Fermentation in temperature- and pressure-controlled vats at 18°C, controlled through cooling of the must and subsequent sterilized filtration.
- Serving temperature
- 5-6°C
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