Santa Vittoria Moscato d'Asti 2011

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Santa Vittoria Moscato d'Asti 2011 Front Label
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Vintage
2011

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750ML

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Somm Note

Winemaker Notes

Straw yellow with green reflections and a fine perlage. The bouquet is fragrant and elegant, featuring floral aromas of wisteria and lime, and fruity with hints of peach, apricot and sage. The mouthfeel is intense, elegant, persistent; the sweet sensations are well balanced with a pleasant acidity and fruity aromas.

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  • 90
    A fresh moscato focused on pear and peach flavors, this has fat to its fruit along with briskness that finishes with zest and drive. Chill it and serve with fresh fruit in lieu of dessert.
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Santa Vittoria, Italy
The cellars of Santa Vittoria Castle are located in the heart of the most well-known wine production area in Italy: in the land of Nebbiolo, Barbera, of the great Piedmontese reds, and others. On the left bank of the Tanaro river, on the side opposite of the Langa hills, the Roero area is also an old land of vineyards and wine. Steep, impervious hills and loose, sandy soil are the basis of white and red wines with unique characteristics and just as important as those coming from the more renowned Langa hills.

The Cellars of Santa Vittoria Castle, thanks to careful grape selection in their own vineyards in the Roero area, vinify, refine, and bottle their prestigious wines in the new cellars in Località Guriot. Here, oenological technology struck the right balance to obtain highly refined oenological products.

A idea of quality that particularly enhances the potential of the grape varieties while reducing oenological practices that tend to cover or soften these characteristics. The challenge is then even more complex and interesting: from vineyard to cellar, from cellar to bottle.

The use of stainless steel, allowing maximum hygiene for the product and creating no organoleptic interferences with the characteristics of the variety, is complemented with the right dosage of oxygen during vinification; constant checks and modern technology allow prestigious wines to reach the right refinement and finally obtain their balance with the wisdom that only ageing time can bring.

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While Muscat comes in a wide range of styles from dry to sweet, still to sparkling and even fortified, it's safe to say it is always alluringly aromatic and delightful. The two most important versions are the noble, Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains, making wines of considerable quality and Muscat of Alexandria, thought to be a progeny of the former. Somm Secret—Pliny the Elder wrote in the 13th century of a sweet, perfumed grape variety so attractive to bees that he referred to it as uva apiana, or “grape of the bees.” Most likely, he was describing Muscat.

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Recognized as the source of the best Barbera in all of Italy, Asti is a province (as well as major city) in Piedmont, consisting of a gentle, rolling landscape with vineyards, farmland and forests alternating throughout.

Barbera d’Asti can be made in an array of styles from relatively straightforward, fruity and ready for consumption early, to the more concentrated, oak aged version with an ability to cellar impressively for 10-15 years and beyond. Some of the very best sites for Barbera in Asti are concentrated in the subzone of Nizza Monferrato. Other red varieties grown here include Freisa, Grignolino and Dolcetto, which can be bottled varietally or blended into Barbera.

Historically consumers commonly associated the Asti region with Asti Spumante and Moscato d’Asti, both playful, aromatic, sparkling wines made from the Muscat grape. Asti Spumante is less sweet, fully fizzy and more alcoholic (yet still clocking in at only around 9% alcohol) while Moscato d’Asti is sweeter, gently sparkling (“frizzante”) and closer to 5 or 6% alcohol. Each is produced in stainless steel tanks to preserve the fresh and fruity flavors of the grape, often including peach, apricot, lychee and rose petal. Asti is also the spot for the pink-hued Brachetto d'Acqui, a slightly sparkling wine ready to charm with its raspberry and rose flavors and aromas.

DSLD0426_11_060_2011 Item# 123212

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