Linticlarus

MOSCATO ROSA 2001

Description:

This dessert wine is light ruby red in colour with orange reflections and a bouquet of roses and cinnamon. Opulently structured, it is spicy-sweet, with a persistent finish.

Serving suggestion:

An ideal accompaniment to semifreddo with cinnamon or poppy seeds, South Tyrolean krapfen or blue cheeses.

Grape varieties: 100% Moscato Rosa

Vineyard location: a south-facing vineyard in Entiklar (280 - 300 meteres above sea level)

Soil: loamy clay moraine soil

Growing system: guyot; 7.000 vines / hectare

Yield: 20 hl / hectare

Age of vines: till 20 years

Vinification: fermented in stainless steel tanks, where it remains for a six-month maturation period

Receptacles: stainless steel

Alcohol content: 12.0% alc. by vol.

Total acidity: 5.9 g / litre

Residual sugars: 50.0 g / litre