Ca' d'Gal Moscato d'Asti Vite Vecchia 2012

Ca' d'Gal Moscato d'Asti Vite Vecchia is a Moscato d'Asti from old vines on blue tufa, made with far more depth than the style usually carries.

Moscato d'Asti comes from the hills between Asti, Alba and Acqui in southern Piedmont, where Moscato Bianco is picked early and fermented only partway, leaving a low-alcohol, gently frizzante wine that keeps its natural sweetness. Ca' d'Gal sits at Santo Stefano Belbo in the heart of the zone, and Alessandro Boido works a set of old parcels on the slope above the cellar. Vite Vecchia is drawn from the oldest of them, south-facing and rooted in blue tufa, the local clay-limestone marl. Vine age and exposure give small, deeply coloured golden bunches, and the wine that follows has a textural depth and vinosity well beyond the norm for the appellation, with a smoky mineral edge and a toasty development closer to an aged dry white than to a young frizzante. It is one of the few Moscato d'Asti wines made deliberately to be cellared.

Serve well chilled at around 8°C, as an aperitif or with fruit tarts, panettone or a plate of hard cheese.

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