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The most famous Italian sweet sparkling

Asti Spumante is certainly the most famous Italian sweet sparkling, unique in its kind, derived of a technique invented and perfected in the Piedmont, which allows the wine to preserve the aroma of fresh grapefruit.

history, tradition, dedication, entrepreneurial talent, seek to reinforce the unique characteristics of this wine.

The production area includes 52 munincipios this wine in an area already outlined in 1931, ie 29 municipalities of the province of Asti , 15 in the province of Cuneo and 9 in the Alessandria .

This wine is produced with grapes Moscato Bianco Esclusa, which finds in this area the ideal place to spread and to give the best results.

The Denomination of Origin Controlled and Guaranteed (DOCG) is recognized the two wines:

1. Asti Asti Spumante or Moscato d'Asti
2. : non-sparkling white wine.

Production of Asti Spumante :
moscato bianco
Grapes are pressed and the juice obtained should result in clean, without suspended solids, and this has been done through static clarification, centrifugation and / or filtration . Afterwards the wort is cooled and kept at 0 ° C degrees, to prevent the onset of undesirable fermentation.

Throughout this period, which may be 12 to 15 months, the wine should not be fermented, and therefore should be systematically checked and, if you notice a fermentation, it comes back and cold rifiltrato to separate and inactivate undesirable yeasts in the must.
Finally, the wort is fermented according to the requirements of the discipline of production.

technology for the preparation of Asti Spumante includes:

• heating the must from 0 ° to 18 ° C
• addition of selected yeasts and
• conduct of fermentation at controlled temperatures between 18 ° to 20 ° C in a container that has an internal pressure of 9 bar (autoclave).

When the fermenting must reach 5 degrees of alcohol, closes the exhaust valves of fermentation gases (carbon dioxide). The product should reach 7 degrees of alcohol as set out in the disciplinary production. Blocking
fermentation is carried out by cooling. - 3 -4 ° C, filtration and bottling of the product sterilized. The final alcoholic strength of wine is between 7% and 9.5%.

The Asti Spumante and Moscato d'Asti should be drunk young (possibly between the years following harvest) so you can enjoy the aroma of Moscato Bianco typical in its full intensity.

Operating temperature: It should be served cold, 6 and 8 ° C. Excellent

to be drunk with desserts. And blends with hazelnut cake.


wine Asti Spumante DOCG received recognition (Denomination of Origin Controlled and Guaranteed) in 1993.

Author: Micheline Bavutti
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