NV Pinocchio Moscato
Cold fermented and stopped at 6.5% alcohol, which keeps the sweetness, the spritz and the low alcohol all intact. Lychee and ginger on the nose, then apple sherbet and citrus balanced by refreshing acidity and playful bubbles.
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Tasting Notes
NOSE
Lychee and ginger with a lift of orange blossom and musk.
PALATE
Apple sherbet and citrus with lychee and ginger, the sweetness balanced by refreshing acidity and playful bubbles.
Pinocchio
VINTAGE
This wine is a blend of fruit from more than one vintage to allow us to produce a more consistent style of Moscato.
WINEMAKING
The grapes were destemmed to an air bag press and the juice gently and protectively handled to a stainless steel tank using full gas cover and sulphur dioxide additions during the pressing cycle. After cold settling to separate the lees (solids) the clear juice was transferred to a fermentation vessel where it was inoculated with an aroma enhancing strain of yeast. The wine was cold fermented (12-14 degrees C) until approx. 6.5% of alcohol by volume was converted from the grape sugars, at which stage the ferment was stopped by a combination of sulphur additions and the dramatic lowering of the wine's temperature to 0 degrees Celsius. The wine was held at 0 degrees and constantly saturated with CO2 during the stabilising and filtration process in readiness for bottling. The wine was bottled at two degrees Celsius to help retain its 'spritz'.
Best paired with
- Tiramisu
- Fresh peaches and cream
- Almond biscotti