Moscato D'Asti Bricco Quaglia 2024

Description

Moscato Bricco Quaglia is a sweet and aromatic white wine made from 100% Moscato d'Asti white grapes. The La Spinetta winery takes its name from the hill in Castagnole Lanze, Piedmont, where it has been located since 1977. The Moscato grape variety, whose original name, Muscat, refers to the grape's musky scent, is widespread especially in Piedmont and Oltrepò Pavese. A curious fact: customers are often fascinated and wonder why a rhinoceros is depicted on the winery's labels. There is no direct connection between the animal and the history of these wines; Giorgio Rivetti simply has a great admiration for the famous woodcuts by the German artist Albrecht Dürer. Naturally, Moscato Bricco Quaglia is an exception, featuring the eponymous galliform bird on the label. Moscato Bricco Quaglia is grown on the sandy, calcareous soil of the Bricco Quaglia area. The vine is vigorous and trained using the Guyot system. Harvest takes place in mid-September, and pressing is done using lung presses. The resulting must is stored in cold storage at 0°C until fermentation, which takes place at a controlled temperature of 18 to 20°C. When the must reaches 4-5 degrees of alcohol, fermentation is stopped by refrigeration at -3°C, filtered, and bottled after sterilizing microfiltration. This prevents the wine from clouding, altering its flavor, or even breaking the bottle. Moscato Bricco Quaglia is not a sparkling wine, but it retains a delicate vivacity that makes it unique and gives it that unmistakable aroma of peach and apricot.

Details

Perfume

Fragrant with hints of apricot, white flowers and pineapple.

Color

Straw yellow.

Taste

A wine that is surprising in its freshness with sweet notes accompanied by citrusy acidity.

Serve at:

10 - 12 °C.

Longevity:

03 - 05 years

Producer

Producer

La Spinetta

From this winery

• Start up year: 1977
• Oenologist: Giorgio Rivetti, Andrea Rivetti
• Bottles produced: 500.000
• Hectares: 100

The Spinetta winery was founded by the Rivetti family, Argentinean emigrants who came to Italy with the dream of producing their wines. The winery's name derives from the place where the family settled, at la Spinetta (hilltop) in Castagnole Lanze, the production area of Moscato d'Asti, a light and fresh wine to be enjoyed with desserts. And it was precisely by realising the potential of this wine that the Rivetti family began producing the Moscato Biancospino and the Bricco Quaglia. The desire for growth of the Spinetta winery manifested itself in the production of a red wine, Barbera Cà di Pian, which was followed by others such as Barbaresco, Barbera d'Alba Gallina until 2000 when the well-known Barolo was produced. La Spinetta wines are the result of an intense study of the terroir, with a preference for indigenous varieties and a path that sees its greatest work in the vineyard, since to achieve great results most of the work must be done in the vineyard and the rest in the winery. The La Spinetta wines featured on Xtrawine are characterised by their balanced taste with bottles that have received important awards from: Bibenda, Gambero Rosso, Veronelli and AIS.. Xtrawine offers bottles from the best vintages of 2013 and 2014 made from varietals such as: Nebbiolo, Blend Rosso and Sangiovese. Read more

Piedmont

Technical Sheet

Name	La Spinetta Moscato D'Asti Bricco Quaglia 2024
Type	White naturally sweet dessert wine aromatic
Denomination	Asti DOCG
Vintage	2024
Size	0,75 l
Alcohol content	5.0% by volume
Grape varieties	100% Moscato Bianco/Moscato Reale
Country	Italy
Region	Piedmont
Vendor	La Spinetta
Origin	Castagnole Lanze (Asti)
Climate	Altitude: 300 m. a.s.l. Exposure: South.
Soil composition	Limestone and sandy.
Cultivation system	Guyot
Harvest	Early September.
Fermentation temperature	15 °C
Fermentation	1 month.
Wine making	1 month in autoclaves at 15 °C.
Allergens	Contains sulphites