Asti Spumante Docg
already in the 13th century. It belongs to the sale cultivation of the Moscato vintage, the most diffused in the Piedmont area, and is very ancient: written documentation can be found in the Statutes of the Comune of Cannelli in 1200. It was Giovan Battista Croce, a jeweller from Milan, who focused on the cultivation of the vintage in the end of the 16th century and on the method of transformation of the Moscato wines, to which he dedicated an entire volume called 'Della eccellenza e diversità dei vini che sulla montagna di Torino si fanno e del modo di farli'.
Consumption
The Asti Spumante DOCG is served in chalices for sparkling wines at a temperature of 8-10°C. it is best served a year after being bottled, preferably in the first months following vintage, in order to be able to maintain the fragrance of the fruit. It is well accompanied by baked cakes and by leavened cakes which are not so dense, and especially fruit based cakes, such as the zabaione (egg-flip), baked cream and cakes typical of the Piedmont area which are rich in cream, the panettone Milanese and the pandoro di Verona.
Identification
The labelling of Asti Spumante Docg
Each label must carry a mention of the Controlled and Guaranteed Denomination of Origin besides all the other indications foreseen by law, such as: The determined Region from which the product originates; Denomination of the product composed of the combination of the variety of vine from which the wine originates and the geographic area in which that variety is cultivated; Nominal volume of the wine; Name or company name of the bottler and its registered address; Number and code of the bottler, which may also appear on the closing system (cork or cap); Name of the Country; Indication of the batch; Ecological indications.
I.D. card
- Type
- The Asti Spumante Docg is a wine which is served with desserts.
- Description
- It is obtained from grapes belonging to the vineyards of the Moscato bianco vintages.
- Characteristics
- On eye examination, the Asti Spumante Docg is brilliant with white froth, fine and persistent; the colour is pale yellow to golden. The smell is characteristic and delicate, the taste is aromatic, sweet and equilibrated. The gradation is between 7 to 9.5°C.
- Area of production
- It includes the area between the villages of Bubbio, Calamandrana, Calosso, Canelli, Cassinasco, Castagnole Lanze, Castel Boglione, Castelletto Molina, Castelnuovo Belbo, Castel Rocchero, Cessole, Coazzolo, Costigliole d'Asti, Fontanile, Incisa Scapaccino, Loazzolo, Maranzana, Mombaruzzo, Monastero Bormida, Montabone, Nizza Monferrato, Quaranti, San Marzano Oliveto, Moasca, Sessame, Vesime, Rocchetta Palafea and San Giorgio Scarampi, in the province of Asti; the areas in the villages of Camo, Castiglione Tinella, Cossano Belbo, Mango, Neive, Neviglie, Rocchetta Belbo, Serralunga d'Alba, Santo Stefano Belbo, Santa Vittoria d'Alba, Treiso, Trezzo Tinella, Alba, Castino and Perletto, in the province of Cuneo; the villages of Acqui Terme, Alice Bel Colle, Bistagno, Cassine, Grognardo, Ricaldone, Strevi, Terzo and Visone in the province of Alessandria
- Selling period
- All year round
- Normative references
- The Docg has been recognized with DM of 29.11.1993 issued on GU of 07.12.1993. Following, it was modified with a decree of 14.08.1995, issued on GU of 29.09.1995
