| Moscato di Noto doc Planeta |
| Classification |
D.O.C. Moscato di Noto |
| Grapes varietes |
100% Moscato Bianco |
| First year of production |
2003 |
| Production area |
Noto (SR) |
| Name of plating |
Buonivini -1999 |
| Altitude |
60 metres above sea level |
| Yield for hectare |
50 .li; 1,1 Kg. per vine |
| Training system |
Vertical trellis, spur pruned cordon |
| Planting density |
4.500 vines/hectare |
| Harvest period |
harvest grapes (a 20 di Babo) on August 25th; followed by grapes overmaturation |
| Vinification |
the grapes are crushed and destemmed; the juice is clarified through settling cold overnight and then inoculated with selected pure yeast. Fermentation and ageing in stainless steel tanks. |
| Fermentation equipment |
Stainless steel fermenters
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| Fermentation temperature |
15° C for 15 days, then up 20 °C |
| Bottling period |
First half of March |
| Duration of fermentation |
40 days |
| Alcohol content |
11,00 % vol . |
| Total acidity |
9.00 |
| Ph |
3.30 |
| Ageing potential |
Long, as for all sweet wines. Improves with time. |
| Soil type |
| calcareous limestone soil, plenty of small size stones; fine texture with fraction of light coloured clay. |
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| TASTING NOTES |
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| Colour |
Bright golden yellow |
| Nose |
Dense notes of dried apricots, mango, orange peel, plums, dates, pistacchio and vanilla cream. Citrus jam. Fruity flavour is blended with Darjeeling tea aromas, mimosa and orange blossom flowers, ginger and sesame seeds. All typical fragrances of Sicilian confectionery/cakes |
| Palate |
| Sweetness predominates with grace on alcoholic and acid components. The wine runs creamy and dense and thick, almost with difficulty. Thanks to its lively acidity it has a voluptuous and pleasingly lingering finish in the mouth |
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| PAIRING |
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| Ideal service temperature |
12 – 14 °C |
| Food pairing suggestion |
baked apples in orange sauce. Small cakes, fruit tarts, vanilla –flavoured Bavarian cake, plum cake. |
| Sicilian cookery |
Typical cakes made by nuns, baked cassata, citrus gelées. |
| Home made Planeta dishes |
Sicilian Cassata (cake with sweet ricotta cheese, marzipan and and candy fruits) |
| Suggested type of glass |
Riedel, Vinum series, extreme: 444/55 Ice wine |
| Format |
50 cl. |
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| 19.50Eur
| This product was added to our catalog on Thursday 18 September, 2008. |
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