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86 Bersano 2011 Monteolivo Moscato d’Asti. For full review see page 11. Best Buy. abv: 5% Price: $11 86 Bersano 2011 San Michele (Moscato d’Asti). Loaded with honey, marzipan, peach and exotic fruit, this special expression of Moscato d’Asti delivers a thick, creamy feel in the mouth with foamy mousse and soapy intensity. Pair this with sugary almond cookies. Vin Divino. —M.L. abv: 5.5% Price: $12/500 ml 86 Castello del Poggio 2011 Moscato d’Asti. This foamy Moscato d’Asti opens with bright aromas of tangerine flower, dried ginger, acacia flower and honey. The softly bubbly wine shows sweetness followed by a crisp accent on the finish. Zonin USA. —M.L. abv: 5% Price: $16 86 Duchessa Lia 2011 Moscato d’Asti. This sweet sparkling wine shows a steady, creamy texture with tangerine mousse, wild flower, honey, peach blossom and soapy foam. The long sweet finish would match well with baked apricot pie. Italian Wine Growers. —M.L. abv: 5.5% Price: $18 86 Tenimenti Ca’ Bianca 2011 Moscato d’Asti. This bright Moscato d’Asti opens with full, generous tones of peach, honey, acacia blossom, jasmine and freshly peeled tangerine skin. The rich and foamy mouthfeel would pair with soft cheese on dry rye crackers. Frederick Wildman & Sons, Ltd. —M.L. abv: 5% Price: $15 86 Villa Lanata 2011 Cardinale Lanata (Moscato d’Asti). The cardinal rules of Moscato d’Asti are frothy mousse, fragrant floral aromas and a simple mouthfeel. Cardinale Lanata follows them all and this bright dessert wine would pair with pastries or meringues. W.J. Deutsch & Sons. —M.L. abv: 5.5% Price: $17 85 Arbiola 2010 Ferlingot (Moscato d’Asti). Fragrant and foamy, this soft and plush Moscato d’Asti opens with orange blossom, honeysuckle and peach cobbler aromas. It’s smooth and sweet, with creamy mousse on the finish. —M.L. abv: 12.5% Price: $NA 85 Bella Bollè 2011 Moscato d’Asti. Packaged in an electric blue bottle, Bella Bollè is a soft, foamy sweet sparkler with bright aromas of peach blossom, dried ginger, sage, white flower and musky soap. The quality of the bubbles is creamy and rich. Prestige Wine Group. —M.L. abv: 5.5% Price: $9 85 Bersano NV Moscato (Asti). Here’s a cheerful, fresh and fragrant sparkling Asti with bright aromas of white flower, ginger, stone fruit and lemon soda. There’s a zesty touch of fresh spice or white pepper on the creamy finish. Vin Divino. —M.L. abv: 7% Price: $13 85 Cantina Vallebelbo 2011 Moscato d’Asti. Here’s a forthy and fresh Moscato d’Asti with 28 | WINE ENTHUSIAST | MONTH 2012 fragrant aromas of honey, stone fruit and fragrant flower available at a competitive price. The wine is sweet and bright with a soapy touch of dried lavender on the close. Italian Wine Growers. Best Buy. —M.L. abv: 5.5% Price: $10 85 Cantina Vallebelbo 2011 San Maurizio (Moscato d’Asti). Fresh, piquant and bright, this Moscato d’Asti opens with slightly green aromas of wild flower, cut grass, wild sage and dried hay. The wine is plush and creamy, with a long, sweet endnote that recalls honey, marzipan and peach. Italian Wine Growers. —M.L. abv: 5.5% Price: $NA 85 Cinzano NV Moscato (Asti). This celebrated Italian brand continues its historic production of sweet sparkling wine from northern Italy. Made with Moscato Bianco grapes, this expression is fresh, with steely effervescence and a sweet, fruity note with hints of peach and honey. Palm Bay International. —M.L. abv: 7% Price: $13 85 Duchessa Lia NV Moscato (Asti). Fresh, fragrant and floral, this sweet sparkling wine offers aromas of peach, honey, white flower, wild sage and dried hay. The wine is plush and creamy with a thick effervescent mousse. Italian Wine Growers. —M.L. abv: 7% Price: $15 85 Enrico Serafino 2011 Moscato d’Asti. Honey, candied nut, yellow flower, candied fruit and peach aromas open the bouquet of this bright, sweet sparkling wine. The effervescence is subdued, but the wine shows a rich, creamy mouthfeel regardless. Palm Bay International. —M.L. abv: 5.5% Price: $14 85 Santero 2011 Santo (Moscato d’Asti). Santo is a creamy Moscato d’Asti with ripe fruit aromas of yellow rose, honey and apricot. The wine shows a thick, bold style ,with an off-gold color and plenty of sweetness on the sticky finish. Atlas Imports. —M.L. abv: 5.5% Price: $10 85 Santero 2011 Villa Jolanda (Moscato d’Asti). Packaged in a handsome bottle, this bright Moscato d’Asti is musky and sweet (as tradition dictates) and opens with aromas of peach blossom, white almond skin and honey. Pair this wine with tangerine mousse or chopped fruit salad. Monsieur Touton Selection Ltd. —M.L. abv: 5.5% Price: $14 85 Vino dei Fratelli 2011 Moscato d’Asti. There’s a sweet, sticky quality to this Moscato d’Asti that would match cream puddings or cooked fruit desserts. Fragrant aromas of yellow flower, honey, apricot and tangerine emerge on the bouquet. Quintessential Wines. —M.L. abv: 5.5% Price: $16 84 Cantina Vallebelbo 2011 San Maurizio Moscato (Asti). The bouquet reveals subtle notes of honey, white flower and peach blossom. This sweet sparkler also shows a milky or creamy note on the finish, with a softly sweet endnote. Italian Wine Growers. —M.L. abv: 7.5% Price: $9 84 Demarie 2010 Moscato d’Asti. This bright Moscato d’Asti opens with a pristine appearance and a radiant pale gold color. The aromas are slightly closed and nutty, with white almond, stone fruit and yellow rose. There’s a touch of crushed white pepper at the very end. Uva Imports. —M.L. abv: 5% Price: $20 84 Fratelli Martini 2011 Casa Sant’Orsola Moscato (Asti). Compared to Moscato d’Asti, Asti is a sparkling dessert wine with slightly more alcohol and more bite to its bubbly effervescence. This expression is pure and clean, with simple white flower and stone fruit aromas followed by a sweet, fresh finish. W.J. Deutsch & Sons. —M.L. abv: 7% Price: $14 84 Isolabella della Croce 2010 Valdiserre (Moscato d’Asti). There’s a fresh, almost spicy quality to the nose, with fresh fruit, acacia flower, honey and crushed white pepper. The wine is steady and smooth on the palate, with a creamy texture and a foamy mousse. Patagonia Wine & Imports, LLC. —M.L. abv: 5.5% Price: $17 84 Mondoro NV Moscato (Asti). Frothy cream and a thick white mousse cap this bright, sparkling Asti as the wine is poured in the glass. Floral and fruity aromas of jasmine and peach appear on the bouquet and the mouthfeel is silky and easy. Palm Bay International. —M.L. abv: 7.5% Price: $15 83 Tosti NV Moscato (Asti). Tosti’s sparkling Asti offers a saccharine-sweet quality and aromas of lemon soda, candied fruit and honey. Perfect for dried biscuits or fresh fruit, the wine is soft, round and sticky on the close. Prestige Wine Group. —M.L. abv: 7.5% Price: $14 OTHER PIEDMONT 88 Borgo Isolabella 2005 Isolabella della Croce Solìo Moscato (Loazzolo). From the Loazzolo subzone of Piedmont, this beautiful dessert wine presents generous aromas of fresh flower, apricot, honey, baked pear and Golden Delicious apple. The mouthfeel is rich, long and smooth. Patagonia Wine & Imports, LLC. —M.L. abv: 11.5% Price: $40/375 ml 83 Moscadoro 2010 Moscato (Piedmont). This easy sparkling Moscato from northern Italy opens with aromas of yellow rose, peach, honey and almond skin. The wine is sweet, but not exaggeratedly so, and offers a light, delicate effervescence. Bedford International. —M.L. abv: 5.5% Price: $12/375 ml 83 Tosti NV Rosato Moscato (Piedmont). Moscato Rosato is a sweet sparkling rosé with a bright raspberry color and tangy layers of forest fruit
and lemon soda. There’s a sharp, almost pungent aspect to the effervescence that removes the heaviness or cloying quality of the wine’s natural sugar content. Prestige Wine Group. —M.L. abv: 6.5% Price: $14 NORTHEAST ITALY 87 Franz Haas 2009 Moscato Rosa (Alto Adige). Moscato Rosa is a crimson-colored sweet wine with dark ruby highlights that offers simple but fresh aromas of wild raspberries and blueberries. The wine’s bouquet is fragrant, sweet-smelling and intense. Drink it as an apéritif or with fruit-based desserts. Winebow. —M.L. abv: 12% Price: $50/375 ml 87 Nals Margreid 2010 Moscato Giallo (Alto Adige). Here’s a dry expression of Moscato Giallo grapes from cool-climate northern Italy (where fresh floral aromas tend to be more intense) that opens with a bouquet of honey, acacia flower and stone fruit. The wine is fresh and clean, with a touch of bitter almond on the finish. Massanois Imports. —M.L. abv: 12.5% Price: $20 86 Abbazia di Novacella 2010 Praepositus Moscato Rosa (Alto Adige). Made using Moscato Rosa, this is a unique dessert wine that opens with a deep ruby color and bright aromas of wild berry and white chocolate. Smooth, sweet and thick, it also shows a touch of tannic firmness on the close. Vintage Epicure. —M.L. abv: 13% Price: $43/375 ml 85 Mochetto 2011 Pink Moscato (Delle Venezie). This is a sweet, pink sparkling wine (made mostly with Moscato grapes) from northern Italy that would pair well with raspberry tarts or strawberry pudding. The wine offers an easy bouquet of stone fruit and pink rose. It finishes with bright sweetness and foamy cream. Quintessential Wines. —M.L. abv: 5% Price: $17 85 Vino dei Fratelli 2011 Mochetto Pink Moscato (Delle Venezie). This pale pink sparkling wine offers easy aromas of sweet raspberry and pink grapefruit. It’s a rosé sparkler made from Moscato grapes that will pair well with fruit ice cream or panna cotta with fresh forest berries. Quintessential Wines. —M.L. abv: 5% Price: $17 83 Caposaldo 2011 Moscato (Pavia). Here’s an easy, no-fuss Moscato with a bright, crystalline appearance and fresh aromas of spring flower, peach and honey baked almond. The wine presents a full, creamy finish with mild foaming and effervescence. Kobrand. —M.L. abv: 7% Price: $15 83 Poderi Arancio NV Stella Rosa Il Conte Orange Moscato Fior d’Arancio (Colli Euganei). This sweet sparkling wine opens with a pungent tone of freshly squeezed tangerine skin, with citrus and more grapefruit at the back. The wine is very sweet and foamy with a touch of citrus-like acidity on the close. San Antonio Winery. —M.L. abv: 6% Price: $15 SOUTHERN ITALY 86 Feudi del Pisciotto 2010 Femme Fatale Blumarine Moscato (Sicilia). Made with late-harvest grapes, this strange dessert wine shares the sweet, syrupy characteristics of a passito and the resiny, caramel-like intensity of Marsala. The wine opens with a dark amber color, aromas of butterscotch and candied chestnut, followed by a sweet, sticky mouthfeel. —M.L. abv: 16% Price: $NA 85 Candoni NV Moscato d’Italia (Puglia). The sweet sparkling Moscato style is from northern Italy, the bottle’s Etruscan theme is from central Italy and the fruit is sourced in Puglia, southern Italy. It’s a wine of mixed messages, but Candoni’s marketable Moscato d’Italia shows a simple sweet mouthfeel and bright aromas of jasmine and wild flower. Arel Group Wine and Spirits Inc. —M.L. abv: 6.5% Price: $14 85 Luca Bosio 2011 Moscato (Puglia). Foamy, creamy and rich, this sweet sparkler opens with easy aromas of tangerine skin, jasmine and dried ginger. Fruit is sourced in Puglia, southern Italy and there is in fact a warm, ripe quality to the intense sweetness. Quintessential Wines. —M.L. abv: 4.5% Price: $15 84 Casal Nova 2011 Moscato (Puglia). From the deep south of Italy, this fragrant Moscato opens with generous aromas of orange, apricot, yellow rose and honey. This sparkling dessert wine is sweet, heavy and ripe in the mouth. Quintessential Wines. —M.L. abv: 4.5% Price: $14 ALSACE WHITE WINES 90 Pierre Sparr 2010 Réserve Gewürztraminer (Alsace). An intense wine, its spice finely integrated with a more fruity character. It has the classic Gewürztraminer lychee flavor but this is balanced with acidity, ripe baked apple and mineral structure. W.J. Deutsch & Sons. —R.V. abv: 13.5% Price: $21 89 Pierre Sparr 2010 Réserve Pinot Gris (Alsace). Spice and cream combine in a rounded, soft, very ripe wine. It has intense flavors of lychee and white peach with a refreshing amount of acidity. The wine is dry, but rich from the ginger and with a peppery final bite. W.J. Deutsch & Sons. —R.V. abv: 13.5% Price: $21 88 Hugel 2006 Riesling (Alsace). Approaching maturity, here is a Riesling that still has a refreshing citric character, intensely tangy perfumed fruit as well as green herbs, spice and yeast. Frederick Wildman & Sons, Ltd. —R.V. abv: 11.5% Price: $25 88 Pierre Sparr 2010 Réserve Pinot Blanc (Alsace). Attractively balanced wine, with refreshing acidity cutting through the apple and pear flavors. It has some tangy minerality as well as a really fresh but rich aftertaste. Screwcap. W.J. Deutsch & Sons. —R.V. abv: 12% Price: $14 88 Pierre Sparr 2010 Riesling (Alsace). Tight grapefruit flavors, very perfumed and totally dry and crisp, this is a pure-fruited wine, packed with acidity, flavors of white currants and a final zesty minerality. Screwcap. W.J. Deutsch & Sons. —R.V. abv: 12% Price: $14 88 Trimbach 2008 Riesling (Alsace). Beautifully perfumed wine, its white fruits transformed into a mature, almond and herbal wine, tight and dry while showing delicious, appetite-enhancing freshness. Ready to drink now. Esprit du Vin. —R.V. abv: 12.5% Price: $25 87 Pierre Sparr 2010 Gewürztraminer (Alsace). Perfumed wine, all its flavors directed towards a spice-driven lychee character. Rosehip and peppered pineapple are layered with soft, ripe texture. Screwcap. W.J. Deutsch & Sons. —R.V. abv: 13% Price: $18 86 Domaine Bott-Geyl 2007 Métiss Pinot Blanc (Alsace). A rich yellow fruit- and pepper-dominated wine. It is rounded, ripe and soft, with a maturity that gives flavors of almonds, nutmeg and light acidity. Vanguard Wines. —R.V. abv: 12.5% Price: $16 86 Hugel 2010 Gentil Hugel (Alsace). A dry blended wine, with attractive rich white fruits, pears and a citrus streak. The wine has a smooth texture, perfumed by lychee and with bright acidity to finish. Frederick Wildman & Sons, Ltd. —R.V. abv: 12.5% Price: $15 86 Pierre Sparr 2010 Pinot Gris (Alsace). With a light touch of spice and some richness, this is a dry style of Pinot Gris. It has a kiwi fruit flavor along with white fruits, and finishes with pepper. Screwcap. W.J. Deutsch & Sons. —R.V. abv: 13.5% Price: $18 BURGUNDY WHITE WINES 98 Domaine Leflaive 2009 Bienvenues Bâtard-Montrachet. With its concentrated yellow fruits, this is already a powerful wine. It is packed with acidity, toast, peach flavors and minerality, starting out as a gorgeously rich wine from a ripe vintage. Of course, it will age over many years; open in 10 years. Wilson Daniels Ltd. Cellar Selection. —R.V. abv: 13.5% Price: $410 WineMag.com | 29
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