Sweet

Vignasergente

By Voerzio Martini, Barolo, Piemonte, Italy

Voerzio Martini Vignasergente

Sweet, lightly sparkling Moscato d'Asti, 100% Moscato from vines planted on Sant'Agata marl at 350 m.

Tasting notes

Intense straw colour with a fine, persistent perlage. Ample, enveloping, harmonious nose with citrus, orange blossom, grapefruit and sage, finishing on white peach, elder and chamomile. Sweet, creamy and well balanced, sugar and acidity giving freshness and minerality; delicate yellow peach and tangerine and a citrus finish, with acacia honey notes.

Technical details

Style
Sweet
Denomination
Moscato d'Asti DOCG
Grape
Moscato 100% (Moscato d'Asti)
Cru / vineyard
Vignasergente
Soil
Marne of Sant'Agata: mixed clay, fine sand and limestone. Altitude 350 m.
Exposure
South East
Vineyard planting
Planted 1960 (Italian page), Guyot training, 6,000 vines per hectare. Two manual green harvests thin the crop.
Vinification
Hand harvest in small crates, soft pressing in a pneumatic press and 12 hours of cryomaceration with dry ice. Cold static settling, then fermentation in autoclave at 15 to 16 degrees. Fermentation is stopped at around 5% alcohol by refrigeration to 0 degrees, keeping the natural CO2. Cold stabilisation and sterile microfiltration into an isobaric filler to keep the perlage. Post-fermentation operations under nitrogen. Dry extract 18 g/L.

More from Voerzio Martini