Moscato bianco: the aroma that unites Canelli and the hills of Acquese

The Moscato bianco is a white berry variety with a strong aromaticity, already perceptible in the grapes. Their color can go from yellow-green to amber; the skin is thin. The ripening is in the early or intermediate part of the wine season.

The name Moscato also identifies a wider set of varieties: here the story follows the Moscato bianco cultivated in the hills of Piedmont. Recognizing this identity allows to keep the path from grape to wine clear, even when different territorial names appear on labels.

The Piedmontese cultivation of Moscato bianco interest the provinces of Asti, Alessandria and Cuneo. Canelli is one of the places to enter this geography: the history of wineries and sparkling wines adds to the countryside an urban and productive dimension, told on the page of the territory.

From Canelli, reach Loazzolo and continues to Strevi and Ricaldone. They are supported that help to follow the Moscato at different distances: the country, the cultivated slopes and the company's story become parts of the same experience.

From the Moscato bianco sweet wines, sparkling and passive. The aroma is a common point, while the processes give different rhythms and textures. The passage to the wine therefore requires to read together the vine, name and style: each name adds an information.

To learn more, follow the story Canelli and the hills of Moscato, then the one ofAcquese. In a tasting, put next to a version with bubbles and a passito allows you to listen as the same aromatic character changes form through the work of cellar.

In Canelli the Moscato combines two landscapes that require different times. Outside, the vineyards and the profile of the hills accompany the ascent from the valley floor to the upper part of the city. The churches of St. Thomas and Saint Leonard give references to the urban path. In the underground, the historical cellars known as underground cathedrals bring within the spaces of production and conservation. The grape connects agricultural work on the slopes to a history of wine transformation that left traces in the very form of the city.

The UNESCO component of Canelli and theAsti sparkling wine recognizes this relationship between territory and production. To orientate between the bottles, the wine Asti and the Canelli DOCG offer two distinct insights: the Moscato bianco is the varietal thread, while denominations organize origin and production rules. A visit to the cellars and a subsequent stretch in the countryside allow you to combine the two dimensions. The glass becomes more legible when you have known the landscape in which the grapes grow and you listen to how the producer will accompany the aromas.

Towards Loazzolo, the path meets the time of filing and aging, told on the page Loazzolo. In the Acquese, Strevi, Ricaldone and Alice Bel Colle add other hills to the discovery. The Strevi passito continues the thread of aromatic wines, with its own territorial identity. Stop in the villages before tasting makes this geography close: the vineyard, the town and the wine cellar enter into the same day. The different forms of Moscato thus allow us to know more places through a common agricultural presence and an ever new account of the work. The landscape crossed remains a reference to be resumed in the conversation, when the producer tells the location of his vineyards and grape harvest.