MOSCATO - C'ERA UNA VOLTA

ORIGIN:
Province of Pavia
VINE VARIETY:
Aromatic white Moscato
SOIL:
Medium-textured with calcareous marl and gypsum located
around the 45° parallel north.
GRAPEVINE CULTIVATION:
Guyot-trained
HARVESTING:
By hand
VINIFICATION:
Pressing with pneumatic press and grape cold maceration,
fermentation with cultured yeasts at 16°C controlled temperature.
REFINING:
Temperature controlled stainless steel. Natural second fermentation at
16°C temperature in pressure tank. During ageing the wine undergoes
several analytical controls to assure its integrity.
BOTTLING:
Cold sterile
ALCOHOL CONTENT:
4.5% vol.
COLOR:
Vivid straw-yellow with greenish tinges
NOSE:
Complex, pronounced, flowery scents of acacia, honey, hints of
peach, apricot, plum, citrus fruit
PALATE:
Sweet but balanced, fresh, corpulent with good structure
SUGGESTED PAIRINGS:
Excellent with custard pies or traditional cakes such as Panettone
and Colomba (Easter cake), tea biscuits
INTERNATIONAL PAIRINGS:
Apple Pie -U.S.A.
Macaron - France
SERVING TEMPERATURE:
8° -10°C
CURIOSITY:
Spread by the Greeks and the Phoenicians, the Moscato vine is
a very ancient variety cultivated in this area since the 16th
century. Coming from Asia Minor it was used by the Romans too
thanks to the peculiarity of its sweet grapes appreciated by bees
and related in his writings by Pliny the Elder.