Vietti Moscato D'Asti 2024

Category:
 
Sparkling Wines
Sub-Category:  
 
Muscat
Producer:
 
Vietti
Label Name:
 
Moscato D'Asti
Vintage:
 
2024
Country:
 
Italy
Region:
 
Asti, Piedmont (Moscato d'Asti DOCG)
Volume:
 
750ml
ABV:
 
5%
Grape(s):
 
100% Moscato Bianco (Muscat à Petits Grains)
Acidity:
 
4
Sweetness:
 
4
Body:
 
2
Length:
 
3
Aroma Intensity:
 
5
Best Temperature:
 
6-8°C

Awards/Ratings
Notable scores: Falstaff ~92 points (recent vintages); Wine. com somm note score 92 (Wilfred Wong)

Tasting Note
Delicately frizzante, intensely aromatic with orange blossom, rose petal, ripe peach and apricot, honey and ginger notes. Light-bodied, gently sweet with lively acidity and a refreshing, short-to-medium finish.

Food Pairing
Western: fruit tarts, panna cotta, lemon curd tart, blue or goat cheeses. Asian: mango sticky rice, Thai green curry, mildly spicy Sichuan dishes, dim sum with sweet sauces.

Production Method
Gentle pressing and cold decanting; must kept at low temperature in stainless steel. Fermentation begun in autoclave at 12–14°C and stopped early (~5–5.5% ABV). No malolactic fermentation; filtered and bottled to retain freshness.

Vineyard Info
Vietti, founded late 1800s in Castiglione Falletto, sources Moscato from small vineyards in Castiglione Tinella; vines average ~40 years on limestone-clay soils.