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Mondo del Vino Ricossa Antica Casa Moscato d'Asti DOCG, Piedmont, Italy

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Average Price $12 (USD)
(Approx, ex-tax, all vintages)

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Over all vintages, this was the 9270th most popular wine on Wine-Searcher last year. Search rank last month: 16582nd

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Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains (Moscato Bianco in Italy) is the oldest member of the Muscat family, which places it in good standing as one of the oldest grape varieties in the world. The variety is named for its small berries and seeds (petits grains), as is its red-skinned mutation Muscat à Petit Grains Rouges.

Muscat Blanc à Petits Grains is grown widely both in Europe and the New World. It may be produced in a number of wine styles and sweetness levels, each with its own regional tradition. Dry varietal wines show a range of citrus, floral and spice aromas, with a full, dry palate. Sparkling and slightly sparkling examples are typically sweeter and tend to ... more


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  • Moscato d'Asti wine region

    Moscato d'Asti is a semi-sweet, frizzante (lightly sparkling) wine made from Moscato Bianco grapes in Asti, a key wine town in the south-eastern part of Piedmont, north-western Italy.

    Although produced in the same area, and from the same grape variety, Moscato d'Asti is distinct from Asti Spumante, which is fully sparkling (spumante) and is typically made in a drier style.

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  • Piedmont DOCG wine region

    Piedmont has more DOCG titles (15 as of early 2011) than any other Italian wine region – a statistic which strongly supports its status as Italy's finest wine region. The first Piedmont wine to be granted DOCG status was Barolo, followed just a few months later by its neighbor ... more

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