For Asti Spumante the grapes are refrigerated at zero degrees until they reach a second fermentation, a process that can be accomplished either according to the “Martinotti Method” orthe complex “Classico Method.” Recently, the range of residual sugars has been expanded from traditional sweet t...
The Asti (spumante) wine market is dominated by about 15 of Piedmont's larger wineries, all of which produce a wide range of wines under various Piedmontappellations. Roughly eight in every ten bottles of Asti is made by these 15 producers, and six of those eight are exported. ...
The bottles rest for about a year before they are released. This is a full-bodied complex aromatic wine with hints of black fruit, prunes, blueberries and sweet spices. It is tannic with good acidity and has a certain rustic quality. It is a wine that can age. Montepulciano d’Abruzzo ...